03-02-2013, 07:52 AM
Hiya,
I've been thinking lately of putting together an outfit for this period and I'd like to ask about the short-ish cloaks with the round brooches seen in some statuary. Are these accurate as far back as the 1st century? Did anyone other than the Parthians wear them?
3rd-century relief of the Biblical Magi
Arch of Septimius Severus
Interesting how the square-knotted belt and shoes tied around the ankle in the latter picture look almost the same as ones from Persepolis -- the style, then, didn't change much in 700 years?...
I've been thinking lately of putting together an outfit for this period and I'd like to ask about the short-ish cloaks with the round brooches seen in some statuary. Are these accurate as far back as the 1st century? Did anyone other than the Parthians wear them?
3rd-century relief of the Biblical Magi
Arch of Septimius Severus
Interesting how the square-knotted belt and shoes tied around the ankle in the latter picture look almost the same as ones from Persepolis -- the style, then, didn't change much in 700 years?...
Dan D'Silva
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Back to the past again.
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To pick myself up from under this table...
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Far beyond the rising sun
I ride the winds of fate
Prepared to go where my heart belongs,
Back to the past again.
-- Gamma Ray
Well, I'm tough, rough, ready and I'm able
To pick myself up from under this table...
-- Thin Lizzy
Join the Horde! - http://xerxesmillion.blogspot.com/
