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franco1969

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Title : Roman Cavalry Officer 180 B.C. [YH1829]
Size : 1/10 Scale
Material : Resin
Weight : 220g
Pieces : 12
Master by EBROIN
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Painted by Franco Mocci
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Brilliant sculpt an paint job.
Just the right amount of movement gives a real sense of life.
The dagger looks a bit forced though and adds little to the overall quality of what is probably the best Roman bust on the market.
Cheers
Derek
 
What a brilliant piece!

It's actually a generic Roman officer from any period up to about the early 4th century AD, not just a cavalry officer from 180 BC. He could also represent a praetorian officer with no modifications necessary.

Although it might indeed look "forced", the position of the dagger falls well within the range of variation. It's being worn tucked through the armour belt, in Greek parazonium style. You sometimes even see them casually holding the top of the scabbard and guard in one hand in front of their belly, with the dagger hilt poking out horizontally between their fingers.

Officers habitually carried a dagger as a sidearm with this sort of plate armour. Interestingly, whenever daggers are mentioned by Roman writers being actually used it's always this officer's sidearm that's being described. For example, Tacitus mentions a praetorian centurion acting as a bodyguard using his dagger on a raging mob trying to attack his VIP. These are also the sort of weapons that were used to whack Julius Caesar on the Ides of March.
 
Thanks to the whole community 'of planetfigure
Special thanks to the fantastic sculpture ebroin
 
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