08-09-2012, 06:35 PM
Quote:Excellent points. I've seen images of the Dura Europus pattern shields, so it is very likely the Notitia only depicts simplified versions of what the actual patterns may have been.That may be so, but perhaps the more elaborate 3rd c. patterns became more simplified by themselves as well.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
