03-29-2012, 03:11 PM
Quote:As well, the Stilico_diptych shows the sword suspected on some type of strap attached to the waist belt.It's surely an interesting one, but it's not a 'cross-strap' as you show in the Piazza Armerina images. It's not very tight, eithr?
[attachment=3574]Stilico_diptych_waist.jpg[/attachment]
Robert Vermaat
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MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)