1533: A Wonderful and Rich Source of All Sorts of Early-16th C. Arms and Armor!

[Matchlock]

Hi Kronckew,

I too think it's a pity that cannon, halberds and cameras were common in Caesar's period but the photo you posted seems to be the only one hitherto recorded!

Best,
Michael

[kronckew]

yes, the ancient 'photographers' can often make mistakes based on their own current knowledge and lack of knowledge of history and we must be vigilant in not making any assumptions based on graphic images of the past which may have been distorted by time and dramatic license of the creator of the image.

i am currently reading an arthurian novel set around the end of the 4th century a.d. as the romans are starting to abandon britain. somehow a primus pilus who is also a bladesmith, and has a collection of arms from around the empire, has never heard of a spatha for cavalry use and of ring maile armour, and saddles. he's just 'discovered' a barbarian 'frankish' saddle with strange dangly bits for putting the feet in, which he has assumed are for assisting a cripple to mount horse, and i suspect he will eventually discover they can be useful for a heavily armoured cataphract to mount his horse as well as allowing better deployment of his weapons. the facts of course must not interfere with the story. he's about to make a longer sword than a gladius for the first time, out of the unknown metal 'steel' he found in a sky-stone. i will make an educated guess he will call it excalibur. his use of an african compound bow, as well as welsh archers with 200lb. pull yew longbows i can almost accept tho.

p.s. - the ancient sd card from 53 b.c. survived only because it was packed in silicone grease, surrounded by dessicant, and sealed in a stainless steel container hidden in a roman catacomb where it remained dry and undiscovered until found by an early 20th c. explorer. i guess not many people used such a procedure.

[Matchlock]

I really feel honored for getting to know such a universally educated and gfited historian and technician as well, Kronckew!
Your profound knowledge and well-based proofs should really shake those obsolete theories and history books to their very foundations!

My compliments,
Michael

[kronckew]

i accept the laurels with the spirit intended.

i ride my chariot thru the triumphal arch with my slave at my ear, muttering continuously "remember, thou art but mortal".

he of course will be fed to the lampreys tonight.

[kronckew]

there were more photos recovered from that sd, which also show the ancient digital cameras in use by the romans during the dacian wars.



nothing new under the sun

p.s. - that was a large capacity sd, it at one time held all the photos from caesar thru theodosius. sadly some had deteriorated and did not survive.

[Matchlock]

Just superb!

Please forgive a bloody Bavarian dope (Old Bavarian: Depp )) for not knowing the abbreviation sd - could you please give the full explanation?

Thanks and best,
Michael

[kronckew]

my family were 'hamburgers' with a few prussians thrown in for stoicism and a couple of austro-hungarians for the pastries & goulash. plattdeutsch was occasionally heard mixed in with hoch deutsch and a smattering of english when granny forgot the german word...

a SD card is a 'secure digital' solid state memory device.



and is used in digital cameras to store photos.

the romans were the masters of digital 'photography' which we now call 'mosaics', hence my somewhat cheeky excursion into fantasies above:

[Matchlock]

Thanks so much for that explanation, Kronckew,

I didn't realize either that mosaics consited of bits and bytes instead of pieces of stones!

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