Drawings of Byzantine Infantry on The Rome or David Casket, 898 or 900AD


Murder of the priests and the women and children of NobGoliath fighting David
Goliath being beheadedDismayed Philistines
from p114, Vol 3, The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle
608A to 608C. Ivory box, A - "Philistines", B - "Goliath", C - "Goliath", The Rome Casket, late 12th century AD, Sicilian or south Italian, Palazzo di Venezia Museum, Rome.


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Armenian infantry from Armies of the Dark Ages 600-1066 by Ian Heath, based on this casket and its former attribution as Armenian.
Drawings of infantry on the Rome or David Casket from Byzantine Armies 886-1118 by Ian Heath and Angus McBride.





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