04-02-2013, 06:57 PM
Quote:I'm sorry maybe I missed this in the earlier thread, but if the earlier example you are referencing had no animal head (especially lacking the head of a dragon), Why are we referring to it as a "draco"? Isn't that term kind of specific to the dragon standard?WE aren't
I'm referring to a draco when discussing the Roman battle standard, and I'm using 'windsock' when describing similar objects used by other peoples (consistantly, I hope).
The Roman pretty certain used only the type with a dragon's head, as far as we know. This also made it's way to the Franks and Saxons, of which two images exist, and perhaps even to the Welsh, possibly (remotely!) by way of the Roman army. But nothing is certain.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
