> OK, thanks. I'm still not sure what I'm supposed to
> be seeing in the image you pulled out; is that a short stick
> in the Perisn'a hand? It's no clearer in Sekunds, 19,
> which also shows a better version of the Baseggio cup
> drawing; I'm not convinced that's not a spear propping up
> the spara.
-----> The dude lying on his back is waving his kopis in useless defiance. The flimsy stick is propping the 'wall'.... this tripod arrangement is very flimsy as a barricade, as anybody will know if they prop a four foot tall board up with a dowel. A decent gust of wind could knock it over, unless secured by tent stakes or some kind of way to lock it to the ground. I can see a layered 'testudo-like' overlap giving it more heft... still without secure ground pinning all an enemy has to do is pull it back toward him to make the whole thing fall down.. a little teamwork and even a long wall of these wicker shields could be pulled over by a few men covered by their mates....
I reckon it's the Spartan equivalent of "over me" onto the barbed wire fence.....
All of this is why I don't see why spara is any different from a pavisse at all, except for the fact that a pavisse is probably more sturdy.
JJ
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