• Thumbnail for Pteruges
    Pteruges (also spelled pteryges; from Ancient Greek πτέρυγες (ptéruges) 'feathers') refers to strip-like defences for the upper parts of limbs attached...
    3 KB (282 words) - 00:13, 14 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Falx
    armour styles had unique modifications, a row of pteruges was added to the sleeves, a double row of pteruges was added to the skirt and a heavily padded vestment...
    12 KB (1,453 words) - 17:36, 6 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Spaulder
    such as the Barberini Ivory, Roman officers wore single spaulders with pteruges attached to protect their upper arms and shoulders. The use of spaulders...
    2 KB (219 words) - 08:30, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ancient Roman military clothing
    armour) Lorica squamata (scale armour) Lorica musculata (muscle armour) Pteruges, perhaps mostly for senior ranks, formed a defensive skirt of leather or...
    4 KB (459 words) - 19:45, 12 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Roman military personal equipment
    cuirasses, as in the days of the principate, together with traditional pteruges. Lorica segmentata was a type of body armour primarily used in the early...
    41 KB (5,552 words) - 22:45, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Muscle cuirass
    and may have been molded leather as well as metal, with fringed leather (pteruges) at the armholes and lower edge. The muscle cuirass is one of the elements...
    11 KB (1,420 words) - 14:56, 9 May 2024
  • (joint legionary commander), the officer wears a decorated bronze cuirass, pteruges, mantle, and Attic-style helmet with horsehair plume. The sash around his...
    62 KB (8,242 words) - 16:29, 9 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ancient Macedonian army
    suggests that the linothorax as a whole was very stiff and inflexible. Pteruges, strips of linen or leather, protected the upper arms and hips of the wearer...
    73 KB (9,852 words) - 09:01, 19 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Slavery in ancient Rome
    shows mine workers wearing a tunic and an apron of leather “feathers” (pteruges). Columella recommended weather-resistant clothing of leather, patchwork...
    329 KB (45,971 words) - 12:30, 9 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Breastplate
    associated costume. Armour Cuirass Muscle cuirass Lance rest Linothorax Pteruges Walker, Paul F (2013). The history of armour 1100–1700. Crowood press....
    8 KB (891 words) - 06:40, 4 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Epaulette
    ceremonial military uniforms. Epaulettes bear some resemblance to the shoulder pteruges of ancient Greco-Roman military costumes. However, their direct origin...
    27 KB (3,146 words) - 11:15, 27 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lorica hamata
    rings in the armor. It was cut like a Greek cuirass made of linen. Leather pteruges were underneath the armor. The lorica hamata contained flaps that ran from...
    8 KB (843 words) - 16:46, 9 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Linothorax
    around the wearer and covering the chest from the waist up, and a row of pteruges or flaps around the bottom which cover the belly and hips. Vase paintings...
    12 KB (1,407 words) - 23:22, 30 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Angel
    military dress, with a tunic to about the knees, an armour breastplate and pteruges, but was often the specific dress of the bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperor...
    94 KB (10,981 words) - 21:36, 6 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kotthybos
    Macedonian soldiers, the two on the left wear purple armour with rows of pteruges, possibly depictions of the kotthybos. Tomb of Agios Athanasios, Thessaloniki...
    2 KB (298 words) - 14:04, 27 February 2022
  • ancient Greek motif, including a red cape and light armor fittings, such as pteruges and shin guards. Along with her lasso and bracelets, she now regularly...
    203 KB (22,638 words) - 07:18, 7 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Angels in art
    military dress, with a tunic to about the knees, armour breastplate and pteruges, but also often the specific dress of the bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperor...
    33 KB (3,686 words) - 22:24, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Conversion on the Way to Damascus
    version of a Roman soldier's attire: orange and green muscle cuirass, pteruges, tunic and boots. His plumed helmet fell off his head and his sword is...
    22 KB (3,143 words) - 15:28, 10 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Imperial Roman army
    bronze or iron cuirasses, as during the Republic, together with traditional pteruges. In the Julio-Claudian era (30 BC – AD 69), it appears that soldiers continued...
    215 KB (28,729 words) - 16:26, 10 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Colossus of Barletta
    restorers inserted a cross. Over two tunics the emperor wears a cuirass, with pteruges, protective strips of cloth or leather, covering his shoulders and upper...
    6 KB (678 words) - 02:23, 7 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Late Roman army
    some soldiers may have worn muscle cuirasses, together with decorative pteruges. In contrast to the earlier segmentata plate armour, which afforded no...
    167 KB (22,152 words) - 12:31, 6 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Roman army of the mid-Republic
    was 27 years. A military tribune wore a bronze cuirass (often engraved), pteruges, a mantle, and an Attic-style helmet with horsehair plume. Unlike lower...
    85 KB (12,003 words) - 07:15, 9 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine dress
    appeared as a skirt, often overlaid with a fringe of leather straps, the pteruges. Similar strips covered the upper arms, below round armour shoulder-pieces...
    41 KB (5,114 words) - 13:32, 29 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eastern Roman army
    cuirasses, as in the days of the Principate, together with traditional pteruges. The cataphract and clibanarii cavalry, from limited pictorial evidence...
    38 KB (5,183 words) - 21:33, 22 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tropaeum Traiani
    (Gramatopol) XX: Legionary with manica laminata and body defences of 'pteruges' and a corselet of scale, armed with sword, and a Dacian falxman; A Germanic...
    13 KB (1,429 words) - 16:49, 6 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine army (Komnenian era)
    elements were firmly attached to a textile foundation and are not separate pteruges. Byzantine relief icon, spoils of the sacking of Constantinople in 1204...
    97 KB (12,785 words) - 19:24, 26 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine battle tactics
    lamellar cuirass, it also referred to body armor in general. In addition, pteruges (hanging leather strips) were often attached to protect the hips and thighs...
    42 KB (6,007 words) - 12:00, 27 July 2024
  • (regular infantry carrying oval versions), and the decorative fabric strips (pteruges) underneath his armour further solidifing his status. He also bears a ridge...
    73 KB (9,984 words) - 14:55, 10 August 2024
  • also gained a redesign with the lower half of her outfit gaining a short Pteruges like skirt taking influences from her appearance in Batman v Superman:...
    99 KB (9,780 words) - 06:49, 2 August 2024
  • Stylite Pseudo-Methodius, Apocalypse of Pseudo-Nonnus Pseudo-Simeon Psiloi Pteruges Ptolemais, Cyrenaica Pulcheria Pulcheria, Cistern of Pusaeus Pylai Pyrgion...
    152 KB (12,866 words) - 12:40, 4 August 2024