07-20-2010, 11:36 PM
Here is the Bassegio cup. It can be easily overlooked because its flat and we see it edge-on, but above the fallen Persian is the propped shield. Note the angle at which the shield is pitched.
Also, it is important to remeber when attampting to assign an immediate ancestor for the spara that spearmen with rectangular shields, close to man high have been known since Sumer.
Also, it is important to remeber when attampting to assign an immediate ancestor for the spara that spearmen with rectangular shields, close to man high have been known since Sumer.
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
