Sub-Roman Britain (Cavalry etc)

[Agraes]

Ok warning, we have descended to Sarmatian and Linda Melcor land again! However I have found something which will blow your minds. The Hilton of Cadbol stone. On it is a decpiction of South Pictish horsemen from the fith century (according to some of you guys they are very similar to northern Britons) who are using Roman stlye lancer shields, with a lance resting on the shoulder of at least one of them. Romanised dragon iconography borders the stone. But what is really striking is that the supposedly barbaric Picts (and by extent North Britons) Are wearing what appears to be Late Roman Togas. I don't know. If these are Picts in the north. How Romanised would Southern Britons be? Also this is the only example of written Pictish. I don't know, why don't you look into it.

http://fr.academic.ru/pictures/frwiki/7 ... boll01.JPG

It's a class-2 Pictish stone, probably 8-10th century in date, not 5th century at all, it has quite late interlaces which show northumbrian influence. Nothing roman. The garnments could simply be long shirts akin to the irish lèine, and cloaks wrapped around the body. Not necessarly togas.

The shields are... Round shields, which seems quite small, a style of shields depicted on much irish and pictish iconography of the 8-10th centuries. Not roman.