I've been mulling over the drawing of the Column of Arcadius over the weekend. I've consulted various books I possess that contain Late Roman art and comparing...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8075223.stm Though the reconstructed instrument doesn't look at all like what we think a Roman cavalry lituus looked like,...
Michael Wood usually makes a good history show and this didn't disappoint. Lots of brooding East Anglian landscapes, driving about in Landrovers and looking...
Many thanks. By any chance do you know if there is an Akkadian expression for shield-bearer? ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
With unprecedented speed and decisiveness, the organising committee has already selected the 2010 battle for the seventh annual Society of Ancients Battle Day....
... On a somewhat related tangent: does this generic usage of "cataphract" survive into Byzantine times? I think I've seen it used to refer to any armored...
... There's a Philip Rance aticle at http://www.reference-global.com/doi/pdf/10.1515/BYZS.2008.701 which discusses the usage briefly: Syrianus Magister uses...
'I think your referring to those odd shaped 'shields' in the bottom panel? I'm not sure what to think about those, are they shields? It's a mystery as in the...
... Sorry about that. Here is another shorter link, which hopefully is less likely to corrupt flickr.com/photos/23655879@N00/748538105 On Goths using...
... I certainly agree that the figures on theplinth in caps are probabaly Goths, though its not a new conclusion. The surrendering figures may well have a...
... I wrote to the Funckens enquiring what the evidence for their Visigothic 'coffin shield with cut outs' was. Their reply was 'archaeoilogical evidence' and...
Thanks for letting me know that - I had been looking round for any hint of Salute dates but not seen anything. How annoying. But that was why it was only...
'Unfortunately when I click on the link is states 'page not found'. The Goths were credited with having odd shaped shields, so perhaps the curious looking ones...
... Indeed I believe there are at least two, one from Abkhazia and one from somewhere in the Crimean area. ... I don't know either. I did wonder if it was the...
No art is objective. If it's ancient art then it's going to conform to genre. The question is to what extent it conforms. (Plus the constant question for...
... Good points all. The sarcophagus was only offered as a conveniently available example of the trophy genre. Somebody with the appropriate art history...
... That picture contains a real assortment of objects, and I cannot for the life of me understand the relevance of the pair of wheels and axle! I suspect this...
Possibly, but it needs to be demonstrated that one part of the monument is more 'stylised', or adhering more closely to an archaising, classicising genre, than...
It could be. Or it might have been a vehicle of more obvious relevance to, say, an original work that this is copying, or it might be a fake and forger didn't...
... And there's that North Italian Mosaic with a picture of Stilicho that shows a hexagonal shiels IIRC with a cross emblem. Honorius is shown 'heroically'...
'And there's that North Italian Mosaic with a picture of Stilicho that shows a hexagonal shiels IIRC with a cross emblem. Honorius is shown 'heroically' nude...
From: Bower, Matthew Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 1:32 PM To: Tahmassebi, Stefan Subject: something for your geekier weapons & armor buddies Maybe you'd...
First models for our 15mm "Circa 1350" line are being made now. They are Early/Mid Swiss, will cover them from Morgarten to right after Arbedo. They have the...
Nice. I suspect some will find their way into my possession (perhaps as Germans though). PK ... From: "Khurasan Miniatures" <khurasanminiatures@...> To:...
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