05-20-2009, 05:23 AM
Quote:This particular votive shield from Olympia is dated to late Vth - early IVth century BC. It's 33,8cm wide, so it can't be battle shieldWhere did you get your information from? Can you tell us more?.....if the dating is right, perhaps it is not Greek at all, but, say a dedicated spoil of war, as an example ; captured perhaps from some Illyrian tribesman.....and small circular battle-shields are not unknown ( e.g. Spanish caetra)
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