Decorated Roman Armour: From the Age of the Kings to the Death of Justinian the Great

by Raffaele D'Amato and Andrey Evgenevich Negin

From the time of the Bronze Age, the warriors of all tribes and nations sought to emblazon their arms and armor with items and images to impress upon the enemy the wealth and power of the wearer. Magnificently decorated shields were as much a defensive necessity as a symbol of social status. Equally, decorative symbols on shields and armor defined the collective ideals and the self-conceived important of the village or city-state its warriors represented...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473892872
• ISBN13: 9781473892873
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 9.8"