02-21-2014, 10:23 AM
Quote:Umm... Where is the Thoracomachus? I just see tunics and what look like plumbnata or javelin quivers.Nathan and Mark are right, you're watching a medieval rendering of a Late Roman orginal which the copyist clearly misunderstood. The 'quivers' are indeed leg protection, and we have no clear idea what in the picture is the thoracomachus, or if the second garment is a tunic, a piece of armour or indeed the 'Libyan Hide' the author refers to.
My interest was the helmet which is oddly shaped, but apparently has similarities to earlier Roman art.
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)
