02-10-2011, 08:42 AM
Hi
On the topic of Julian's guards the following mention of white clothing might also be of interest.
Ammianus Marcellinus XXV 3. 6.
quos cum Iulianus cavendi inmemor diffluxisse trepidos, elatis vociferando manibus aperte demonstrans, irasque sequentium excitans, audenter effunderet semet in pugnam, clamabant hinc inde candidati, quos disiecerat terror, ut fugientium molem tamquam ruinam male conpositi culminis declinaret, et — incertum unde — subita equestris hasta, cute brachii eius praestricta, costis perfossis haesit in ima iecoris fibra.
Also worth looking for are two articles by M.P. Speidel:
'Late Roman Military Decorations, 1. Neck and Wrist bands',
'Late Roman Military Decorations, 2. Gold-embroidered capes and tunics,
Both published in the journal Ant Tard 4 & 5, 1996-97.
Graham.
On the topic of Julian's guards the following mention of white clothing might also be of interest.
Ammianus Marcellinus XXV 3. 6.
quos cum Iulianus cavendi inmemor diffluxisse trepidos, elatis vociferando manibus aperte demonstrans, irasque sequentium excitans, audenter effunderet semet in pugnam, clamabant hinc inde candidati, quos disiecerat terror, ut fugientium molem tamquam ruinam male conpositi culminis declinaret, et — incertum unde — subita equestris hasta, cute brachii eius praestricta, costis perfossis haesit in ima iecoris fibra.
Also worth looking for are two articles by M.P. Speidel:
'Late Roman Military Decorations, 1. Neck and Wrist bands',
'Late Roman Military Decorations, 2. Gold-embroidered capes and tunics,
Both published in the journal Ant Tard 4 & 5, 1996-97.
Graham.
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"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
