Portonaccio centurion 2
Detail of the centurion on the Portonaccio Battle Sarcophagus, AD 180-190. He can be identified as such by wearing his sword scabbard on the left. Ordinary legionaries and cavalrymen (e.g. the Portonaccio eques: flic.kr/p/2oiEzjk) wore their swords on the right. Note also the centurion's armour - lorica segmentata.
Palazzo Massimo, Rome. Photographed in 1998 with a Ricoh R1.
Portonaccio centurion 2
Detail of the centurion on the Portonaccio Battle Sarcophagus, AD 180-190. He can be identified as such by wearing his sword scabbard on the left. Ordinary legionaries and cavalrymen (e.g. the Portonaccio eques: flic.kr/p/2oiEzjk) wore their swords on the right. Note also the centurion's armour - lorica segmentata.
Palazzo Massimo, Rome. Photographed in 1998 with a Ricoh R1.