Rectangle scutum in Caesarian times

[Nathan Ross]

I'd say without some more information about that relief - where from? what does it portray? what was the context of its discovery? etc - it can't really be dated or used to prove anything. The helmets are interesting though - they look a bit like the classic 'Trajan's Column' ones with the rim all around the bowl.

The Urso relief below it is interesting too - it's the one I mentioned on the 'padded armour' thread ages ago! The shields could be rectangular, but clearly have spindle bosses in the old republican style - and those republican 'oval' shields are seldom strict ovals anyway. Not sure...

Any chance of translating the principal points from the commentary into English?

- Nathan