Manda's (Amachan) Republican Roman Warband
Res ad Triarios venit
These are my Triarii which I will use as Hearthguard for my SAGA: Age of Hannibal Republican Roman warband.
!<Theoretical History Warning>!
Yes, these Triarii are holding clipei (Greek hoplons) rather than scuta. I am basing this warband of off the Pyrrhic wars which is set in the early 3rd century BC. This is roughly 20-40 years after the Roman Republic adopted the manipular system and tactics. Because of this I theorize that the Triarii, which are the old veterans mostly, would still have used some of their old equipment. Remember, back then soldiers had to buy their own equipment, so I find it more likely that they would have used their old equipment. We have no concrete evidence of this either way. We know the scutum was adopted by the Romans in the 4th century BC, but did not replace the clipeus until the adoption of the manipular system around the turn of the 4th to 3rd century BC. Therefore I think it is very much possible that the Triarii would still have used their old clipei.
lovely work Manda, lovely 😀