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Roman soldier\'s equipment in the time of Heraclius
#1
Hi.

How was roman soldier's equipment (helmet, shield, sword, etc.) in the time of Heraclius? Please, I need a reconstruction.

Regards,
Marco.
I am very interested in the evolution of the roman army from Gallienus to Heraclius (c. 260-640)
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#2
Best get a copy of Sumner, Graham and Raffaele D'Amato (2005): Roman Military Clothing 3: AD 400 - 640, Osprey Men-at-Arms 425, (Osprey, Oxford).
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_d ... MAA~per=40
[Image: sumnerbook4.jpg]
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
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#3
Seconded. That book is a dream for that period. I only wish I could recreate every tunic in the book.
Derek D. Estabrook
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#4
Well yes, but I think the poster wanted more than just clothing. I suggest Osprey 247, Romano-Byzantine Armies 4th-9th Centuries...
~ Paul Elliott

The Last Legionary
This book details the lives of Late Roman legionaries garrisoned in Britain in 400AD. It covers everything from battle to rations, camp duties to clothing.
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#5
Plus Late Roman Infantryman/ Cavalryman is not a bad source either.
Derek D. Estabrook
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#6
Quote:Well yes, but I think the poster wanted more than just clothing. I suggest Osprey 247, Romano-Byzantine Armies 4th-9th Centuries...

eh that one was ok...
Tiberius Claudius Lupus

Chuck Russell
Keyser,WV, USA
[url:em57ti3w]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/flonzy/Roman/index.htm[/url]
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#7
Quote:Well yes, but I think the poster wanted more than just clothing. I suggest Osprey 247, Romano-Byzantine Armies 4th-9th Centuries...

Erm.. I guess Marco was not entirely conviced by that book, as he wrote earlier:
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=15139

Shall we continue the discussion there?
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
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#8
Sorry, I had not seen that thread ...
~ Paul Elliott

The Last Legionary
This book details the lives of Late Roman legionaries garrisoned in Britain in 400AD. It covers everything from battle to rations, camp duties to clothing.
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#9
Well... I need information for helmets (spangenhelmsor ridge helmets?), armour (mail, lammellar, scale), shields, swords, etc.

For clothing is spectacular Roman Military Clothing (3) AD 400-640, but for the arms and armour? Please, I need a soldier reconstruction (image).
I am very interested in the evolution of the roman army from Gallienus to Heraclius (c. 260-640)
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#10
Marco wrote:
Quote:For clothing is spectacular Roman Military Clothing (3) AD 400-640, but for the arms and armour? Please, I need a soldier reconstruction (image).

Hello Marco
Best I can do for the moment is promise you something in a forthcoming issue of Ancient Warfare magazine!


Paul Elliot wrote:
Quote:Well yes, but I think the poster wanted more than just clothing.

There are in fact at least four fully armoured figures illustrated and a few more helmets but sorry none for the Heraclian period.



Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.

"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.

"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
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#11
Hello,
I’m new here and I resurrected this old thread because I am fascinated by this period in Eastern Roman history, I would like to ask the knowledgeable members of this forum if there have been any other new publications on byzantine troops of this period.
Thanks in advance
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