07-30-2003, 10:32 PM
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Quote:</em></strong><hr>And in Gladiator they even showed metal like armour an other more authentic details for the roman army (although they messed up with the gladiator outfits).<hr><br>
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I noticed the messed up gladiator outfits - they were pretty hard to miss. But I definitely missed the 'metal-like armour' on the Roman troops. To me it looked like brown- plastic-trying-to-look-like-leather-segmentata. The helmets were weird, the "tactics" were non-existent, everyone wore these weird cravat thingies around their necks, the tunics had long sleeves, <em>pila</em> were used clamped under soldiers' arms, the cavalry had stirrups (and medieval chamfrons on their horses) etc etc etc.<br>
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There may have been some authentic stuff in that mess, but it was swamped by the Hollywoodisms.<br>
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And I forgot to mention the inevitable Hollywood Roman arm-guards - which seem to have appeared in every Roman movie ever made, for no readily apparent reason. <p>Tim O'Neill / Thiudareiks Flavius<br>
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Quote:</em></strong><hr>And in Gladiator they even showed metal like armour an other more authentic details for the roman army (although they messed up with the gladiator outfits).<hr><br>
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I noticed the messed up gladiator outfits - they were pretty hard to miss. But I definitely missed the 'metal-like armour' on the Roman troops. To me it looked like brown- plastic-trying-to-look-like-leather-segmentata. The helmets were weird, the "tactics" were non-existent, everyone wore these weird cravat thingies around their necks, the tunics had long sleeves, <em>pila</em> were used clamped under soldiers' arms, the cavalry had stirrups (and medieval chamfrons on their horses) etc etc etc.<br>
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There may have been some authentic stuff in that mess, but it was swamped by the Hollywoodisms.<br>
<br>
And I forgot to mention the inevitable Hollywood Roman arm-guards - which seem to have appeared in every Roman movie ever made, for no readily apparent reason. <p>Tim O'Neill / Thiudareiks Flavius<br>
<br>
Visit 'Clades Variana' - Home of the Varus Film Project<br>
<br>
Help create the film of Publius Quinctilius Varus' lost legions</p><i></i>
Tim ONeill / Thiudareiks Flavius /Thiudareiks Gunthigg
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