11-28-2009, 03:29 AM
It may be relevant that standards have religious associations in the Mesopotamian and Iranian worlds. They were involved in religious ceremonies in Hellenistic Persia and Neo-Assyrian Assyria. Unfortunately, all the evidence I know of is artistic, and we don't know much about the Hellenistic attitude to standards. But the idea of a sacred standard wasn't new in Augustus' day.
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I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
