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4th Century Focale
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04-04-2011, 02:07 AM
Was the focale still in use in the middle to late 4th Century in the West?
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04-04-2011, 01:40 PM
I don't know for sure, but what I do know is that I like to wear some piece of cloth around my neck when I am wearing my armour, be it a squamata or a hamata.
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04-04-2011, 01:56 PM
There's no sign of anyone wearing one in the Vergilius Romanus, but some of the hunters in the Apamea 'Great Hunt' mosaic are wearing white focali...which is late 4th/early 5th I think?
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04-04-2011, 02:35 PM
Quote:some of the hunters in the Apamea 'Great Hunt' mosaic are wearing white focali...which is late 4th/early 5th I think?
Early 4th c.
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