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Son of Perun
11-19-2007, 16:41
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I've taken this picture during my holiday in Spain.
As my knowledge of ancient weaponry is boosted by EB, I guess those weapons are thracian/getic (falx, rhomphaia), composite bows are sarmatian, shields are celtic and the helmets are thracian/greek. The thing I don't know is why the Romans created such sculpture. Maybe it should portray the weapons of defeated enemies or the weapons of thracian mercenaries.

iwwtf_az
11-20-2007, 06:39
that would be sick on my wall!

pezhetairoi
11-20-2007, 08:41
some butcher-brained general trying to pull off the equivalent of lots of stuffed animals' heads on his walls, perhaps? Looks a bit too cluttered for my liking, but I've come to the same conclusion as you. The sword in the lower left looks Celtic, too.

cmacq
11-20-2007, 09:07
Roman swag...

monkian
11-20-2007, 13:11
I saw a life size plaster cast of Trajan's column in the V&A museum not so long ago - now that was amazing :dizzy2: