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Quote:I believe the torso armour, belts, pteruges, greaves and scabbard are based on a trophy sculpture found near Abrittus and dated to the mid-late third century.
It's from this in the Archaeological Museum of Tropaeum Traiani at Adamclisi and, I believe, from a Constantinian reconstruction dated to 316. Not entirely fanciful, after all, but still no authority for the arm guard.
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Quote:It's from this in the Archaeological Museum of Tropaeum Traiani at Adamclisi and, I believe, from a Constantinian reconstruction dated to 316.
It occurs to me that this is rather ambiguous. I was trying to say that the trophy in the photograph came from a Constantinian reconstruction, not that there were two pieces of evidence.
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Quote:Actually I was already quite confused by this sculpture! Is it believed to be a third century piece reused in the reconstruction of the city of Civitas Tropaensium by Constantine and/or Licinius, or a fourth century copy of a third century piece, or a third or fourth century copy of the original trophy on the top of the Trajanic monument?
I glanced at D'Amato's book in Waterstones this afternoon and, as far as I remember, it says something about the sculpture being "retrospective", which could mean that it is third century piece re-used or a fourth century copy of a third century original. My initial thought was that it was the latter but now I'm not so sure. And why use it as a model for a centurion anyway?
Michael King Macdona
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