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Roman Auxiliary shield color
#16
Quote:Dear Graham, that makes sense. Yes, you are very right about the pink. Most "reenactors" are very reluctant displaying pink :-)

Perhaps it should be termed "salmon" and not pink and that way more may go for it. (I see lots of men wearing "salmon" coloured shirts these days :wink: )

I think 'OP' means Original Poster...
Moi Watson

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#17
Christian wrote:

What´s the "OP"?

Sorry OP =Original Poster


Together with the apparently white wool / felt on the Fayum shield we do seem to have some points for white shields for the early principate.

As reconstructed in my painting of Pullo and Vorenus with silvered designs.

Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.

"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.

"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
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#18
Yup :-)

We made them white also:

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Christian K.

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#19
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Pavel AMELIANVS post=315947 Wrote:Does anybody know where I could find some summary about all of dura's shields?
While you save up your cash for Simon James's book, you might be interested in the summary of some of the Dura shield fragments identified by Cumont HERE. The rest of the thread has some more interesting shield-colour related stuff.

Thanks.I'll check it out
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#20
Quote:Simon James indispensable book. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Excavations-Dura...0714122483


Shields and a whole lot more.

His website plus illustrations ( some of them) from the book http://www.le.ac.uk/ar/stj/dura.htm

And while the book is not cheap, it is well worth it.

And still you can get it for free (as an PDF) from Ethos...
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#21
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Caballo post=315950 Wrote:Simon James indispensable book. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Excavations-Dura...0714122483


Shields and a whole lot more.

His website plus illustrations ( some of them) from the book http://www.le.ac.uk/ar/stj/dura.htm

And while the book is not cheap, it is well worth it.

And still you can get it for free (as an PDF) from Ethos...

Ehm...I dont know what this Ethos actually is...but I like the idea of getting something for free Big Grin
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#22
Ethos is the Britisch Thesis database.
check ethos.bl.uk
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A.K.A. Jurjen Draaisma
CORBVLO and Fectio
ALA I BATAVORUM
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#23
Quote:Ethos is the Britisch Thesis database.
check ethos.bl.uk

Thanks.Pretty detailed,really a lot to read.But It's a pity there's just very little full color reconstructions.
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