10-02-2014, 03:27 PM
Quote:Any speculations about the type of armor he is wearing? I see the gorgoneion on the chest, and narrow shoulder straps with tabs to the outside, the reverse of the common arrangement. Is it squamata? Musculata?
If you look carefully at the extra large picture that Nathan linked to, you can see nipples just under the shoulder tabs. So I'd say that this is intended to be muscle armor. I've no explanation for the tabs. Actually, I'd question if this is a centurion at all. The very Hellenistic style of his arms and the fact that he wears a a gorgonien and perhaps parazonium, seem to indicate a higher ranking officer. although I do not know if higher officers ever carried a vitis. Perhaps he is just a very dapper and well armed centurion? :grin:
