10-19-2001, 03:24 AM
I really wish I had a scanner because my copy of <i> Caesar's Legions</i> has a couple of great photos of breast plates from that period. One of them is shaped vaguely like a torso with embossing on the pects and a relief of Minerva's head on the abdomen. The book calls it a "pectorale".<br>
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The other one is a full-torso cuirass, solid bronze plate on the front and one on the back. It's attached at the shoulders and goes over the head like a sleeveless shirt. <p><BR><p align=center><font color=gold><font size=3>
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CASCA TARQUINIUS<BR>
<a href=http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org> LEGIO IX HISPANA</font></font><BR><font color=gold><font size=3>
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The other one is a full-torso cuirass, solid bronze plate on the front and one on the back. It's attached at the shoulders and goes over the head like a sleeveless shirt. <p><BR><p align=center><font color=gold><font size=3>
__________________<BR>
CASCA TARQUINIUS<BR>
<a href=http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org> LEGIO IX HISPANA</font></font><BR><font color=gold><font size=3>
__________________</font></font></p><i></i>
