(02-24-2017, 04:02 PM)ValentinianVictrix Wrote: I honestly believe that the 'supplicant soldiers' stone has been removed and probably sold to a collector. I hope to be proved wrong if it turns up in the museum but to be honest I doubt very much it has been preserved.
Scroll down this page for some encouraging information:
http://www.thebyzantinelegacy.com/theodosius-column
(02-24-2017, 03:10 PM)Nathan Ross Wrote: About that 'supplicant' relief (which also features the 'flower petal' shield emblem, I think) - it looks like they're receiving something from the emperor, or performing the adoratio purpurae - what sort of soldiers might have done this?
Might the 'flower petal' design actually be leaves? Another shield has a tendril pattern and yet another seems to be plain.
I wondered whether the unarmed soldiers might have been captives from the army of Magnus Maximus begging for pardon and the soldiers with shields their guards.
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
