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Bronze shield of King Pharnakes of Pontus, 2nd century BCE (media.kbin.social)
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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shield_Pharnakes_Getty_Villa_80.AC.60.jpg

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Bronze? Heavy AF. You have to have muscles to be waving that thing around for any amount of time. So mostly ornamental? I don't have a clear picture of which periods kings were actually active in combat. Some periods and places, it seems common; others, they were more rear field commanders.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Probably mostly ornamental.

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