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Thureos Color(s)?
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Quote:I also have some questions about thureos, i am planning to do one.

What are the correct dimensions? I have seen Celtic shields that inspired the thureos and they are 1 meter in length and over 50 cm wide. Spines and Celtic bosses were also used in thureos? or they were more like roman auxiliary shields, without spines and with a semi spherical umbo?

I am lost in this theme, so any help is welcome
The size of the Hellenistic thureos was not standard. For example, we see a small one on a Sidon stele (the soldier that is wearing chainmail and a red chiton), and then we see some massive ones on terracotta from Asia Minor. I'm sure someone has some images on hand and can show you. I don't know if there were certain trends or if it was preference, but it does not seem as though they fit a certain pattern or were made to specific dimensions depending on the person's body size.
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Thureos Color(s)? - by Tydeus - 06-17-2008, 03:45 AM
Re: Thureos Color(s)? - by hoplite14gr - 06-17-2008, 06:08 AM
Re: Thureos Color(s)? - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 06-17-2008, 09:24 AM
Re: Thureos Color(s)? - by Tydeus - 06-17-2008, 01:23 PM
Re: Thureos Color(s)? - by abou - 06-17-2008, 05:27 PM
Re: Thureos Color(s)? - by MeinPanzer - 06-17-2008, 07:59 PM
Re: Thureos Color(s)? - by Tydeus - 06-18-2008, 12:38 AM
Re: Thureos Color(s)? - by abou - 06-19-2008, 03:25 PM
Re: Thureos Color(s)? - by MeinPanzer - 06-19-2008, 03:35 PM
Re: Thureos Color(s)? - by Theodosius the Great - 02-21-2009, 03:44 AM
Re: Thureos Color(s)? - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 02-22-2009, 05:13 PM
Re: Thureos Color(s)? - by Theodosius the Great - 02-22-2009, 07:02 PM
Re: Thureos Color(s)? - by Phalanx300 - 02-22-2009, 09:12 PM

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