11-23-2009, 07:15 PM
Silius:
Again I´d like to stress that the clothing colours must not necessarily show the actual colours worn by these guys. We have ample evidence that clothing colours were often used just for contrast, see e.g.:
M. Speidel, Eagle-Bearer and Trumpeter, in: Bonner Jahrbücher 176, p.123-163, esp. 124.
It would be also sort of weird to deduce Roman skin colour from some of these monuments. ^^
Again I´d like to stress that the clothing colours must not necessarily show the actual colours worn by these guys. We have ample evidence that clothing colours were often used just for contrast, see e.g.:
M. Speidel, Eagle-Bearer and Trumpeter, in: Bonner Jahrbücher 176, p.123-163, esp. 124.
It would be also sort of weird to deduce Roman skin colour from some of these monuments. ^^
Christian K.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.