danielpeterson's Print of Figure - Roman Legionnaire 1st-2nd C. A.D. Rome's Unyielding Guardian!
Community Print 3D Print of Figure - Roman Legionnaire 1st-2nd C. A.D. Rome's Unyielding Guardian!
Published 2023-08-31T23:30:43+00:00
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A beautiful and well researched sculpt, though I believe there is no archaeological, literary or sculptural evidence to validate giving a legionary of the 1st century AD in Feminalia (trousers). Even Trajan's Column erected in the early second Century AD only shows Auxilia in trousers, NEVER legionaries. It is highly probable that no legionaries in the period the figures represent would have worn trousers. The were scorned by Roman citizens of this period and considered effeminate and barbarian, and in this period we only see them worn by auxilia drafted from "barbarian" lands. The ONLY known exception to this is that the more senior Roman officers who rode horses, and probably citizen Roman cavalry would have worn the tight fitting, over the knee trousers, due to they protection they afforded a horseman. Even the Adamklisi monument actually made locally in Dacia shows the legionaries wearing tunics without trousers. I believe the earliest Roman sculptural evidence that show Roman Legionaries wearing trousers is on the Column of Marcus Aurelius, but by this date, far more soldiers of "Barbarian" lands now Roman provinces were serving in the Legions. It is a shame you never made files suitable to print full units of Roman soldiers for wargaming and large scale dioramas. There are currently NO sets 3d Printable early Imperial Romans suitable for wargaming that could be considered historically accurate.
Despite your small inaccuracies, your figures are by far the best. Another thing you may want to consider is adding Roman shield designs in relief to your figures. There is no evidence that during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD that Roman legionary shields had simply "painted on" shield emblems. On the contrary, virtually every Roman monument and other scultures like Roman tombstones show the embleems executed in relief, and this is also confirmed my metal thunderbolts, griffins, tabula Ansata, etc. that have been found in camps and Roman battlefields, including Kalkriese. I think you would find my little Roman book very informative, it was printed in English, German, French and Italian, and in print for over 20 years. There always seems to be a few used ones on Amazon.