10-24-2016, 07:45 PM
Thanks for that information.
With regards to the lion, moon and stars emblems as suggested in Ross Cowan Legionary 161-284 AD book I am assuming this is only a suggestion by the artist and author for the Praetoian shield emblems. Could it be that the cohorts were not entirely uniform and there could have been a mixture of symbols similar to those suggested within a particular cohort?
I am assuming that both types of shields, rectangular and oval were still in use in the early part of the third century within the legions and praetorian cohorts and would not be out of place on the battlefield.
With regards to the lion, moon and stars emblems as suggested in Ross Cowan Legionary 161-284 AD book I am assuming this is only a suggestion by the artist and author for the Praetoian shield emblems. Could it be that the cohorts were not entirely uniform and there could have been a mixture of symbols similar to those suggested within a particular cohort?
I am assuming that both types of shields, rectangular and oval were still in use in the early part of the third century within the legions and praetorian cohorts and would not be out of place on the battlefield.
