02-26-2012, 04:22 PM
Good mourning,
For the shield, a good iconographic source are the reliefs of military themes, in particular the spoils of war, of the Arc de triomphe d'Orange, located in the town of Orange (southeast France), built at the beginning of 1stC AD.
The shields represented are Gaulish (and maybe a couple of exemplary from Germania) but I think that can be used also for reconstructing models from the other side of the English Channel.
[attachment=3187]1_2012-02-26.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=3188]2_2012-02-26.jpg[/attachment]
And here a boss from the centre of an auxiliary shield found in Britain at Kirkham, Lancashire date 2nd century AD:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/hig..._boss.aspx
Very best.
S.Marchiaro
For the shield, a good iconographic source are the reliefs of military themes, in particular the spoils of war, of the Arc de triomphe d'Orange, located in the town of Orange (southeast France), built at the beginning of 1stC AD.
The shields represented are Gaulish (and maybe a couple of exemplary from Germania) but I think that can be used also for reconstructing models from the other side of the English Channel.
[attachment=3187]1_2012-02-26.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=3188]2_2012-02-26.jpg[/attachment]
And here a boss from the centre of an auxiliary shield found in Britain at Kirkham, Lancashire date 2nd century AD:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/hig..._boss.aspx
Very best.
S.Marchiaro
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SM.
ὁπλῖται δὲ ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἀκροβολισταί (Strabo,IV, 6, 2)
SM.
ὁπλῖται δὲ ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἀκροβολισταί (Strabo,IV, 6, 2)
