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Horrible costume warning
#1
Sorry about the delay in posting this.<br>
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In Britain on Easter Saturday Channel 4 showed a programme entitled <em>Pontius Pilate: The Man who killed Christ</em>. Just in case they repeat it, or sell it to the rest of the world, a word of warning:<br>
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The Roman Soldiers in this documentary could seriously infuriate you.<br>
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Bronze helmets were not too bad. The body armour was difficult to see because they wore scarlet sagum type cloaks all the time (in Judaea?!) but appeared to consist of a solid breastplate of dark metal or leather, with shoulder guards similar to those of lorica segmentata but in dark leather. They all seemed to be wearing their swords on the left. Their scuta were about half the proper size and almost completely flat. They were black in colour, with steel edging and decoration.<br>
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Pilate looked very elegant in a sort of pseudo-toga, though sometimes adopted one of two cuirasses: a muscle cuirass covered in red velvet, or a bronze/gilded effort that was crudely fashioned from a half cylinder with arms holes and a lions head doorknocker glued to the front.<br>
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You have been warned. <p></p><i></i>
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#2
(Channel 4 quote):<br>
"This documentary film challenges the traditional view of one of history’s most infamous characters, Pontius Pilate. Mixing dramatic reconstruction with testimony from some of Britain’s most eminent theological and Roman scholars, including the Bishop of Durham Tom Wright, Biblical expert Professor John Barclay, Roman expert Professor Michael Whitby and Pilate specialist Dr Helen Bond, this film reassess Pilate’s actions and motives before Christ’s trial and Crucifixion.<br>
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The film reveals that Pilate was not a helpless pawn forced to play a role in events that went against his wishes or conscience. Rather, he was an arch pragmatist who saw in the Crucifixion of Christ the opportunity to finally bring the Jewish authorities under the yolk of Rome. As one of the Roman Empire’s most loyal servants, Pilate had no qualms acting as he did. The film challenges the view that the Jews were principally to blame for the death of Christ while Pilate was largely exonerated by virtue of his helplessness. Centuries of anti-Semitism have traded on the Jew’s culpability in Christ’s death, while Pilate has been canonised by the Coptic Church. But the film argues that Pilate had the power to determine Christ’s fate and had the motive to choose death." (end quote)<br>
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<img src="http://www.c4i.tv/progimages/PontiusPilate.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
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Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert <p></p><i></i>
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
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#3
Quote:</em></strong><hr>... Pilate was not a helpless pawn ... As one of the Roman Empire’s most loyal servants, Pilate had no qualms acting as he did. The film challenges the view that the Jews were principally to blame for the death of Christ ...<hr><br>
I think we covered this ground in the Mel Gibson thread. <p></p><i></i>
** Vincula/Lucy **
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#4
And I agree, Pilate could be ruthless and kill many if he wanted. But there were other times when mass crowds forced him to abide, daring him to take their lives if he wanted.<br>
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But then, this was not my comment, but a quote from Channel 4, as clearly expressed.<br>
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Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert <p></p><i></i>
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
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#5
Quote:</em></strong><hr>finally bring the Jewish authorities under the yolk of Rome<hr><br>
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Is that kosher? <p></p><i></i>
Dan Diffendale
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan
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