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Late Roman Cavalry
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#16
03-19-2004, 06:37 PM
Too bad, but I guess you are right. He must have remembered it wrongly and did not bother to look it up.<br>
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Thanks anyway.<br>
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Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=vortigernstudies>Vortigern Studies</A> at: 3/22/04 10:03 am<br></i>
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#17
03-22-2004, 08:16 AM
Conal,<br>
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Don't have the text with me at the moment, but I'm sure Procopius doesn't explicitly mention a boss: from memory he says something like "a type of short shield without a handle, attached to protect the neck and shoulders". <p></p><i></i>
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