12-19-2005, 08:46 PM
Dan spoke of the vase of Aristothonos in the Bronze age forum.
Ther is a picture posted there.
It is Archaic (Homers Era) and shows troops with large circular shields.
But if the were in reality so big then the were not of wood like the Etruskan survivng hoplon or the Spartan hoplon exibited in the Acropolis Meuseum.
Leather or skins is the more plausible interpetation.
Kind regards
Ther is a picture posted there.
It is Archaic (Homers Era) and shows troops with large circular shields.
But if the were in reality so big then the were not of wood like the Etruskan survivng hoplon or the Spartan hoplon exibited in the Acropolis Meuseum.
Leather or skins is the more plausible interpetation.
Kind regards
HOPLITE14GR (aka Stefanos)
Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com
Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com