Facta aut Fictio - En källkritisk studie av Trajanus- och Marcus Aurelius-kolonnerna med avseende på den militära utrustningen
This study is an attempt to determine to what extent the friezes on the columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius depict actual military practices with respect to the equipment worn by legionaries and soldiers of the regular auxilia. Both columns display a very strict separation between citizen soldiers and auxiliary troops in terms of armor and weaponry, but the specific components that comprise the