05-14-2007, 04:09 AM
Yes, I suppose you could say that. I'm in a group that portrays the Varangian Guards. I contend that any Varangian who didn't have his own armour when he joined, would have been supplied from the Imperial arsenal. So I'm wearing a late 11th century AD lamellar klivanion, and I have a Roman "kite" shield and a helmet based on the Skylitzes Chronicle of Madrid.
In fact, this is likely to have been better than a rank and file Varangian would have worn - it's more like what an officer would have had, or even one of the Roman liaison officers.
I thought I'd put my impression up some time ago, but I couldn't find it when I searched. I'll have to get some more photos taken and remedy the situation.
In the meantime, you can see the kind of thing I do here
In fact, this is likely to have been better than a rank and file Varangian would have worn - it's more like what an officer would have had, or even one of the Roman liaison officers.
I thought I'd put my impression up some time ago, but I couldn't find it when I searched. I'll have to get some more photos taken and remedy the situation.
In the meantime, you can see the kind of thing I do here
"It is safer and more advantageous to overcome the enemy by planning and generalship than by sheer force"
The Strategikon of Emperor Maurice
Steven Lowe
Australia
The Strategikon of Emperor Maurice
Steven Lowe
Australia
