03-07-2005, 12:02 PM
Avete,<br>
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There may be some artistic support for the use of a bronze segmentata. The Osprey book "Roman Military Clothing (1) 100 BC - 200 AD" has a watercolor of a Praetorian guardsman wearing a bronze segmentata on Plate "F". The description says the artist based his drawing on a painting from the Golden House of Nero.<br>
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Has anyone seen this painting in color ?<br>
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<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/RCasti998/nero.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
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-Theo <p></p><i></i>
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There may be some artistic support for the use of a bronze segmentata. The Osprey book "Roman Military Clothing (1) 100 BC - 200 AD" has a watercolor of a Praetorian guardsman wearing a bronze segmentata on Plate "F". The description says the artist based his drawing on a painting from the Golden House of Nero.<br>
<br>
Has anyone seen this painting in color ?<br>
<br>
<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/RCasti998/nero.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
-Theo <p></p><i></i>
Jaime