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Bronze shield of King Pharnakes of Pontus, 2nd century BCE (media.kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by PugJesus@kbin.social to c/HistoryArtifacts@kbin.social

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[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Probably mostly ornamental.

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