03-23-2011, 06:26 AM
Gregory,
"If a roman man has the money to wear anything, he could do it but would he have done it ?"
I would have to say yes to show it off. During the Roman period the rich and shamless if they had it would flaunt it.
It is true that there is a difference in the record with respect to undecorated and decorated musculata. However, keep in mind that something that an emperor would wear was possibly made from precious metal. If this were the case and one were to condiser the number of emperors vs the number of soldiers, I would be hard pressed to think that an armor of that quality and nature would come down to us so easily.
I too do not put absolute faith in artistic representations but remember that what the sculptor did back then was what cameras and photoshop do for us today. We too in the modern world take liberties interpreting and representing things the way we want to see them. Yet, it does not make them less real.
"If a roman man has the money to wear anything, he could do it but would he have done it ?"
I would have to say yes to show it off. During the Roman period the rich and shamless if they had it would flaunt it.
It is true that there is a difference in the record with respect to undecorated and decorated musculata. However, keep in mind that something that an emperor would wear was possibly made from precious metal. If this were the case and one were to condiser the number of emperors vs the number of soldiers, I would be hard pressed to think that an armor of that quality and nature would come down to us so easily.
I too do not put absolute faith in artistic representations but remember that what the sculptor did back then was what cameras and photoshop do for us today. We too in the modern world take liberties interpreting and representing things the way we want to see them. Yet, it does not make them less real.
"You have to laugh at life or else what are you going to laugh at?" (Joseph Rosen)
Paolo
Paolo
