03-30-2009, 02:56 PM
The shields may have been of Celtic inspiration. Considering the extent of Roman military borrowings from the Celts it would be odd if the Hellenistic monarchies, given the Sack of Delphi and the extensive settlement of Celts in the Balkans and Anatolia, did not do likewise.
Martin
Fac me cocleario vomere!
Fac me cocleario vomere!