"Caesarean Roman Shield Boss Spines Question" Topic
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25 Jul 2020 6:03 a.m. PST
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| Asteroid X | 24 Jul 2020 10:24 p.m. PST |
On the Shields of Romans there is the external spine for Republican shields. Clearly this is for bracing the shield and giving it extra structural strength. Is this spine wood? Or is it an extension of the metal boss over wood? Or? I know most representations show this part painted the same colour as the shield facing. Also, while on the subject of later Republican shields, are the metal edges steel or bronze? |
 BigRedBat  | 25 Jul 2020 12:54 a.m. PST |
It's a wooden spine. The later metal edges are bronze. |
| GurKhan | 25 Jul 2020 8:01 a.m. PST |
Wooden spine, as BRB says. See the Fayoum (kasr el-Harit) shield, which is either Roman or a Ptolemaic copy:
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| Asteroid X | 25 Jul 2020 10:14 a.m. PST |
Thank you! Out of curiosity, what wood type was identified for those strips of laminated (ply) wood? And a bit of google-fu and it was birch: link |
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