Crossed belts with wide beltplates

[Tarbicus]

Unlike many, I do not set much store in the depiction of Annaius's belt plates. I think that they are a formulaic attempt to depict in stone detail which was too fine to be accurately reproduced in stone, despite the otherwise excellent detail of the stone.

Incidentally, I think this is a better example to illustrate wide beltplates in use with crossed belts, as the lower set of belt plates are definitely of type 'B' and can therefore be construed as 'wide'.

http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/component/ ... Itemid,94/
Courtesy of RAcom imagebase.

I don't understand your reasoning behind dismissing Annaius' beltplates as formulaic.