02-01-2011, 02:59 AM
Whilst there have been finds, I doubt very much if more than 5% of all the armour and equipment worn has been found, probably more like 1 or 2%, anyone willing to bet on that percentage as being representative of all the armour worn?
Have you seen the pen and ink drawings of the now destroyed Column of Arcadius? It seems odd to have muscle cuirasses on there if its 'classicising', as some of the Goth prisoners are in mail, some are unarmoured, whilst the trophies include not only cuirasses but tubular leg/arm armour, hardly classicising at all as they were contemporary clibanarii armour.
In reguards to 'De Rebus Bellicis', read pages 118 & 121 of Thompson's translation, this has been taken by some authors, including I believe Sumner who visits this site, as implying that the Thorocomachus can be worn as armour alone.
Have you seen the pen and ink drawings of the now destroyed Column of Arcadius? It seems odd to have muscle cuirasses on there if its 'classicising', as some of the Goth prisoners are in mail, some are unarmoured, whilst the trophies include not only cuirasses but tubular leg/arm armour, hardly classicising at all as they were contemporary clibanarii armour.
In reguards to 'De Rebus Bellicis', read pages 118 & 121 of Thompson's translation, this has been taken by some authors, including I believe Sumner who visits this site, as implying that the Thorocomachus can be worn as armour alone.
Adrian Coombs-Hoar
