12-03-2005, 02:13 PM
Quote:Here's a very nice relief from Puteoli of a Praetorian guardsman showing the pleats really well. Notice how baggy the tunic is, actually hanging down and hiding the cingulum. It's also interesting how the gladius is worn on top of the paenula.[size=150:3lk128vv]I[/size]t is neat!! It almost looks like the Glad is slung over his shoulder... I can't tell if that's a strap line or a wrinkle in the cloth. Something else interesting, the cloth in his tunica looks really thin, almost like a bed sheet!?! Hmmm....
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"A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." -- Alexander Hamilton
"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.... But then I repeat myself." ~Mark Twain
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