05-24-2004, 11:37 PM
On the cover of one of the books I've read lately, Lawrence Keppie's <em>The Making of the Roman Army</em> there is a picture of praetorian guardsmen, which I've seen before in numerous other places, which shows them looking much more like the "Holywood" impression of the Roman soldier. I've seen this picture on numerous souces. (e.g, it's on at least some editions of Osprey's elite series title on the Praetorians as well.) They seem to be wearing muscled curiasses and a helmet, which I haven't see yet a scrap of archeological evidence for, which has an overall "Attic" look to it, but with an (how shall I describe it?) up-turned tringular... (visor? reinforcement? I'm unsure of the right word.) Anyways, this bas-relief seems much more similar to the sort of "cheesy" Sunday-school-flannelgraph look which I'd come to whole-heartedly reject as accurate. Can anyone give some insight into from whence this bas-relief comes, when it was made and how accurate it might be for actual Praetorians?<br>
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