04-16-2013, 02:18 PM
Quote:the Magister Militum Flavius Aetius, with his Hunnic bucellarii:A beautiful piece, let me say that first!
However, to be frank it looks more like a Byzantine emperor witha Gepid or Lombard bodyguard.
If I was expecting to see Aetius, I would expect guards dressed in the best the Roman army could offer, not what essentially a barbarian warlord would wear. The outfit of the guards is much more 6th century than mid-5th century.
The pilleus could be a bit higher I think. The baldric seems 3rd century - you can do that for early 4th c., not for the mid-5th I think.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
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MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)