http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazette...ment*.html
I'm not familiar with this. Is this a tunic, linen armour or a submaralis?
Also check out those dacian swords.

It's just a tunic. Pollen's work was written a hundred and fifty years ago. The pics are cool but ignore the text.

Also note that the descriptions seem to be of Roman equipment while the illustrations are all of *Dacian* items shown as trophies on the Column!

But yeah, just a tunic in this case. Oh, and that segmented thing labeled "leather armor" is probably iron.

Matthew

Don't forget..from what I seem to recall, figures on Trajan's Column were originally painted, and only the lowest level figures would have been clearly visible..so a lot of the fine details would have been painted on and have been lost due to weathering over the centuries ?

Don't forget..from what I seem to recall, figures on Trajan's Column were originally painted, and only the lowest level figures would have been clearly visible..so a lot of the fine details would have been painted on and have been lost due to weathering over the centuries ?

Here are some good close-ups of the armour and tunics on the pedestal: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazette.../base.html

A lot of us doubt that the sculptors of Trajan's Column ever actually saw any Roman or Dacian equipment. More likely they just copied artwork done by others and added a lot of cliches and stereotypes to make it easy for the viewer to follow along. If you want an idea of what Roman soldiers actually wore in battle then best to look at the Adamklissi Monument.