07-27-2007, 01:20 PM
Why do you say Peter, Tarbicus? I'm not arguing, just asking.
They are contemporaries, sometimes antagonists, sometimes friends, depending on the specific Biblical mention, but wouldn't Occam's razor suggest the simpler "Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus and his subsequent healing?" Just a theory, not grounds for drawn gladii. :lol:
Adding to my previous statement about later art not being concerned with military historical accuracy, don't the soldiers in armor look like they have later-than-Roman armor in your mounted portrait?
They are contemporaries, sometimes antagonists, sometimes friends, depending on the specific Biblical mention, but wouldn't Occam's razor suggest the simpler "Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus and his subsequent healing?" Just a theory, not grounds for drawn gladii. :lol:
Adding to my previous statement about later art not being concerned with military historical accuracy, don't the soldiers in armor look like they have later-than-Roman armor in your mounted portrait?
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
