07-20-2003, 10:39 AM
I've mine too. Also first impression is good, but I've got questions too.<br>
I thought the idea of individual soldiers standing in chequerboard formation had been abandoned. Is this a revival?<br>
Cowan states (p. 50) that <em>tessararii</em> were represented with the same staff as the optiones. I had considered this possibility, but this is the first time I read it as a fact. There are no references unfortunately.<br>
On p. 48 Cowan notes the two different meanings of the word <em>antesignani</em> (skirmishers or front rankers, see [url=http://pub45.ezboard.com/fromanarmytalkfrm1.showMessage?topicID=400.topic" target="top]my discussion with Sander[/url], [url=http://pub45.ezboard.com/fromanarmytalkfrm1.showMessage?topicID=502.topic" target="top]followed here[/url]), but unfortunately does not try to resolve the discrepancy.<br>
Interesting is the helmet handle on p. 44. This would suggest that the Imp. Gallic type G already existed at the beginning of the 1st cent. AD. <p>Greetings<br>
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Rob Wolters</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=drsrob>drsrob</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://images.honesty.com/imagedata/h/573/16/25731628.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 7/28/03 11:51 pm<br></i>
I thought the idea of individual soldiers standing in chequerboard formation had been abandoned. Is this a revival?<br>
Cowan states (p. 50) that <em>tessararii</em> were represented with the same staff as the optiones. I had considered this possibility, but this is the first time I read it as a fact. There are no references unfortunately.<br>
On p. 48 Cowan notes the two different meanings of the word <em>antesignani</em> (skirmishers or front rankers, see [url=http://pub45.ezboard.com/fromanarmytalkfrm1.showMessage?topicID=400.topic" target="top]my discussion with Sander[/url], [url=http://pub45.ezboard.com/fromanarmytalkfrm1.showMessage?topicID=502.topic" target="top]followed here[/url]), but unfortunately does not try to resolve the discrepancy.<br>
Interesting is the helmet handle on p. 44. This would suggest that the Imp. Gallic type G already existed at the beginning of the 1st cent. AD. <p>Greetings<br>
<br>
Rob Wolters</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=drsrob>drsrob</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://images.honesty.com/imagedata/h/573/16/25731628.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 7/28/03 11:51 pm<br></i>
drsrob a.k.a. Rob Wolters
