Late Roman Shoulder Pauldrons

[Alanus]

In any event, it is fallacious to argue that, because separate shoulder pieces do not appear on some representations, they cannot appear on others.

even Trajan's Column shows these 'pauldrons', for Jupiter's sake! Now try to convince us, that these existed in the 2nd century! We would laugh at someone using this pauldron in Trajan's time, wouldn't we? But it is there on the Column...

Trajan's Column is rather a large monument. Can you post the image that you have in mind or at least give the Cichorius reference?

Thanks, Renatus.
We have already been down the "Trajan's Column Road" on another thread. And the column can only be perceived as a combination of reality and fantasy within a single and large unit. Whether or not early pauldrons existed seems to be subjective, and I'll only say that I wear splint greaves as a Roxolanus because-- likewise-- they did exist, although we are hard pressed to identify them in period artistic depictions. Art has a way of doing that. :whistle: