04-05-2013, 11:55 AM
Helo Jori,
They do not have a cingulum because they are not Romans and do not wear Roman or even Roman-influenced armour.
For the ancient type of lamellar shown on this picture and the way it was laced, see Bengt Thordemann The Armour of the Battle of Wisby page 273-5.
They do not wear their gladii at the officer 's side. They are gods, Aglibol, Baalshamin and Malakbei, so they are represented as the military at the top of the social ladder: cavalrymen, so
they are wearing their spathae in a variation of the Iranian style. Without a scabbard slide, however scabbard slides have been found in Roman Syria.
They are not wearing feminalia but hip-lenght Assyrian type stockings, with or without a covering of Parthian style chap-like overalls attached to the hip. They would als have worn Assyrian style high boots (see M.A.R. Colledge Parthian Art, pl 33 from Dura Europos).
They have long sleeves because they are wearing the local tunics, not the Roman tunica.
They have those peculiar endings at the pteruges because it is a long, tailored, almost knee-lenght armour, tapering towards the hips and then flaring out, so the pteruges were hanging at an angle.
It is not Roman with Parthian elements, it is SYRIAN, Asssyrian and Iranian elements in a hellenistic style. You see, the Levant was not Gaul, it was an area with an urban civilisation much older than that of the Romans, so they were perfectly capable of developing their own type of armour. The Romans initially only stationed three legions in the east and left the protections of the long borders almost entirely to their local vassals. For a contemporary helmet, see H.Russel Robinson The Armour of Imperial Rome plate 349-351, one of the oldest (and in my view the origin) of the masked helmets.
I agree with you about it being very likely that the Roman legionaries stationed in Dura Europos also adopted the local lamellar armour.
They do not have a cingulum because they are not Romans and do not wear Roman or even Roman-influenced armour.
For the ancient type of lamellar shown on this picture and the way it was laced, see Bengt Thordemann The Armour of the Battle of Wisby page 273-5.
They do not wear their gladii at the officer 's side. They are gods, Aglibol, Baalshamin and Malakbei, so they are represented as the military at the top of the social ladder: cavalrymen, so
they are wearing their spathae in a variation of the Iranian style. Without a scabbard slide, however scabbard slides have been found in Roman Syria.
They are not wearing feminalia but hip-lenght Assyrian type stockings, with or without a covering of Parthian style chap-like overalls attached to the hip. They would als have worn Assyrian style high boots (see M.A.R. Colledge Parthian Art, pl 33 from Dura Europos).
They have long sleeves because they are wearing the local tunics, not the Roman tunica.
They have those peculiar endings at the pteruges because it is a long, tailored, almost knee-lenght armour, tapering towards the hips and then flaring out, so the pteruges were hanging at an angle.
It is not Roman with Parthian elements, it is SYRIAN, Asssyrian and Iranian elements in a hellenistic style. You see, the Levant was not Gaul, it was an area with an urban civilisation much older than that of the Romans, so they were perfectly capable of developing their own type of armour. The Romans initially only stationed three legions in the east and left the protections of the long borders almost entirely to their local vassals. For a contemporary helmet, see H.Russel Robinson The Armour of Imperial Rome plate 349-351, one of the oldest (and in my view the origin) of the masked helmets.
I agree with you about it being very likely that the Roman legionaries stationed in Dura Europos also adopted the local lamellar armour.
