11-25-2014, 02:28 PM
Quote:utterly fanciful
What, the whole thing? :-)
I believe the torso armour, belts, pteruges, greaves and scabbard are based on a trophy sculpture found near Abrittus and dated to the mid-late third century. There's probably a picture of that online somewhere too... The old problem of interpreting sculptural representations recurs here, perhaps...
Nathan Ross