12-10-2003, 06:18 AM
Hi all,<br>
Graham Sumner as asked me to post this:<br>
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Regional styles of Embroidery. I agree with Aitor on this subject. Taking Britain as an example The pieces of evidence for tunic decoration could be counted on one hand. This includes the gamma pattern found at Vindolanda and a couple of figures on late Roman mosaics which show orbiculii and stripes around the tunic sleeves.<br>
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Even this limited amount of evidence would seem to suggest that the clothing decorations we know of from elsewhere, especially Egypt were distributed and or copied around the Empire.<br>
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Finally I was very interested in the observation by Antoninus Lucretius about the Macedonian Phalangite as recreated by Caracalla. The description of Legionary anti cavalry drill by Arrian is basically a phalanx so possibly Caracalla's reforms were not so daft after all.<br>
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Graham Sumner as asked me to post this:<br>
<br>
Regional styles of Embroidery. I agree with Aitor on this subject. Taking Britain as an example The pieces of evidence for tunic decoration could be counted on one hand. This includes the gamma pattern found at Vindolanda and a couple of figures on late Roman mosaics which show orbiculii and stripes around the tunic sleeves.<br>
<br>
Even this limited amount of evidence would seem to suggest that the clothing decorations we know of from elsewhere, especially Egypt were distributed and or copied around the Empire.<br>
<br>
Finally I was very interested in the observation by Antoninus Lucretius about the Macedonian Phalangite as recreated by Caracalla. The description of Legionary anti cavalry drill by Arrian is basically a phalanx so possibly Caracalla's reforms were not so daft after all.<br>
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