10-22-2006, 06:26 PM
They are called grave stele, are portraits of real men who once lived, and they range from infantrymen to officers. The sculptors are reckoned to have copied everything from the man's personal effects, including the daggers.
Many bona fide illustrations of individual soldiers are based on such things as these, and even re-enactors reproduce them for their own impression.
Take a look at the RA.com Imagebase:
[url:y0a7gyif]http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/component/option,com_imagebase/Itemid,94/[/url]
Many bona fide illustrations of individual soldiers are based on such things as these, and even re-enactors reproduce them for their own impression.
Take a look at the RA.com Imagebase:
[url:y0a7gyif]http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/component/option,com_imagebase/Itemid,94/[/url]
TARBICvS/Jim Bowers
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