07-30-2007, 04:51 PM
I just got An Age of Tyrants by Christopher Snyder. Browsing the pages I found the (small) chapter dedicated to the military, and there is two things that intrigues me a lot:
First one is about the use of chariots:
My opinion is that is only a litteral metaphor taken too seriously by the author, but there is also this:
Second one is about a graffito at Tintagel:
This one interest me a lot, anyone got a drawing or a picture of it, perhaps with more details?
First one is about the use of chariots:
Quote:The kings of Gildas's own day "wage(d) war, civil and unjust," with their commanipulares, rode chariots (currus), and fought with arma speciales.
My opinion is that is only a litteral metaphor taken too seriously by the author, but there is also this:
Quote:[...] and at Dynas Emrys excavators found three Donside terrets, rein rings, from a chariot.With note 100: Campbell, "Dinas Emrys", 54-57
Second one is about a graffito at Tintagel:
Quote:At Tintagel, a graffito etched onto slate depicts a sub-Roman warrior with sword, shield, spear, helmet, and what appears to be a whip.Note 102: See Thomas, Tintagel, and Dark, Discovery by Design, fig. 2.
This one interest me a lot, anyone got a drawing or a picture of it, perhaps with more details?
"O niurt Ambrois ri Frangc ocus Brethan Letha."
"By the strenght of Ambrosius, king of the Franks and the Armorican Bretons."
Lebor Bretnach, Irish manuscript of the Historia Brittonum.
Agraes / Morcant map Conmail / Benjamin Franckaert
"By the strenght of Ambrosius, king of the Franks and the Armorican Bretons."
Lebor Bretnach, Irish manuscript of the Historia Brittonum.
Agraes / Morcant map Conmail / Benjamin Franckaert