Roman regiments of the VIth century.

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Excellent list Pavel! Which sources have you used to write it up?

And artwork (not mine this time) made for the small Byzantine museum in Crecchio in Italy.It shows reality of equipment of 6th century roman soldier :

If I can say my opinion, there are some things in this image with which I don't agree, but that's only because I'm really annoying , such as the chainmail (the leather parts I think were introduced later, are there any archaeological sources for them?, and pteruges that we can see in some iconography are probably only a classical convention). Also, the torque is correct but only if the soldiers depicted belongs to an élite force, if I am not wrong. Unfortunately the spatha I don't think is very realistic, it could be better if the hilt was on of the 4 types enlisted by Oakeshott, and its sheath doesn't fit archaeological finds, if I am not wrong.
By the way, I have to say that image give a rather good impression of a soldier of that time.