"Linothoraxes" in the army of Aetius?

[Flavivs Aetivs]

All of them compose their works in a highly classicizing manner. Priscus and Jordanes both model theirs on Herodotus, except Jordanes goes so far as to butcher actual history in order to do so.

But art is a different matter. However, it would not be the first case where biblical events are being used to depict contemporary ones in Roman art. After all, in the Arch mosaics the figures are modelled after the Imperial Family (Theodosius II is certainly shown, and Jesus and Mary are probably the child-emperor Valentinian III and Galla Placidia).