The one exception is the Volsci in the fourth row, who has a broad-brimmed helmet that seems to have been particular to tribes in the northern part of Italy and so may not be appropriate for a Campanian, for example. In practice such precise information is impossible to know, so most customers will probably treat all these figures are belonging to whatever tribe is convenient for their purposes, and there is no evidence to contradict that assumption. ![]() These descriptions suggest a very precise look for each tribal horseman, but in reality the differences between different tribes were probably quite subtle, and are mostly lost to us today, so we can only make assumptions based on archaeological finds. Coastal Samnite Warrior Standard Bearer.Italic Socius Warrior in Marcellina armour.Helpfully, with this set Linear-A identify each of the figures on the box, so below is a breakdown of those identifications: ![]() Even the Samnites, famously the opposition during the Samnite Wars of 343 BCE to 290 BCE, were at times Rome’s allies, and some conflicts of the period did not involve Rome at all, so these horsemen depict the elite of many tribal groupings during the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE. Of course, over time, shifting alliances meant the allies of one day might be the enemies of another, so this set of Italian Allied Cavalry represents a number of different tribes, any of whom might fight with or against the Romans, or against each other. Her meagre cavalry was often supplemented by that of her allies at the time, of which the horsemen of Campania were the most renowned. When Rome was just one of many small states in Italy competing with its neighbours for influence and resources, the native troops that she could put into the field were overwhelmingly on foot.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |