Sub-Roman Britain (Cavalry etc)

[dashydog]

Your question does bring up an interesting subject. The Taiflai Seniores had a mirror-imaged bear on their shield, and other cavalry units used the mirror image, which I think goes back to the steppes, then advances into Germanic and Roman culture, and then becomes all those heraldic mirrored eagles and lions we see on medieval coats-of-arms. One more little wrinkle to point out to the kids.

Morning (T'is that here in Uk).
Bears aside....It might interest you to know that when you discuss mirror images this thing impinged greatly on Sarmatian and Alan culture. They seem to have been obsessed with mirrors. I cant recall all the different types of burial chamber they had in the 4 sarmatian periods or all the sites we know of but there are a great deal of mirrors in them. They seem to have been of immense importance to them but I do know why that was.