04-11-2013, 05:42 PM
Quote:Doesn't a painting at dura europus show soldiers with round shields and mail coifs too though?
Sure, and most of the shields found at Dura were oval. But I meant that rectangular shields were apparently being used as well at that date, which suggests that the change in shield and/or sword arrangement cannot be determined as a single point, but must allow for at least half a century of variations.
Nathan Ross