05-12-2007, 07:12 PM
Quote:For Ruben :- a fine example of 'sub-armalis 'with pteruges attached at skirt and arms is a drawing (by Peter Connoly, I think) of one such draped over a branch, from a statue in the museo del terme, Rome.It is shown as fig 158 on p.148 of Russell-Robinson's "Armour of Imperial Rome".
That's much later than Greek examples, and I'm not exactly sure we can identify it as a subarmalis, either. It definitely seems to have a shape to it, but I don't think we should get into yet another debate over what it is. At least in the Classical and Hellenistic periods I don't think there is any evidence of any kind of subarmalis with pteruges being worn.
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
