09-28-2006, 07:13 AM
Nice images Paul - thanks!
Of course the fashion in Syria and Hungary differes today - two totally different cultural zones, in contrast to Roman times. But compare Spanish and North America fashion (T-shirts and jean?) and they'll look as similar as Roman fashion did in Hungary and Syria back then.
Yes, I agree about the cuff stripes/rings. Although with the possibility that servants were dressed like their masters, I don't think that officer's tunics were distinguished by stripes/rings to signify their rank. Too many have at least two, while apparently persons of high rank do not show a far greater number. For instances have a look at thye famous 'Great Hunt' mosaic in the Piazza Armerina villa ([url:2zimnh0i]http://sights.seindal.dk/img/orig/5120.jpg[/url]), where the owner (I'll leave it to the imagination if he was a magnate or even an emperor) also has two sleeve rings, which are only marginally wider than the two of his servants/soldiers.
Of course the fashion in Syria and Hungary differes today - two totally different cultural zones, in contrast to Roman times. But compare Spanish and North America fashion (T-shirts and jean?) and they'll look as similar as Roman fashion did in Hungary and Syria back then.
Yes, I agree about the cuff stripes/rings. Although with the possibility that servants were dressed like their masters, I don't think that officer's tunics were distinguished by stripes/rings to signify their rank. Too many have at least two, while apparently persons of high rank do not show a far greater number. For instances have a look at thye famous 'Great Hunt' mosaic in the Piazza Armerina villa ([url:2zimnh0i]http://sights.seindal.dk/img/orig/5120.jpg[/url]), where the owner (I'll leave it to the imagination if he was a magnate or even an emperor) also has two sleeve rings, which are only marginally wider than the two of his servants/soldiers.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
