04-16-2004, 12:39 PM
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
The Roman Soldiers in this documentary could seriously infuriate you.<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
