October 15, 2006
The archaeological evidence 2 - The “roman pictures” of roman wagons
Posted by Kristian Minck under Carvings, Material Culture, Northern roman provinces, Roman wagonsThe romans made a lot of pictures of how they saw the world and everything in it, and this gallery include pictures, in different quality, style and medium, of various kinds of roman wagons. Therefore we have a large material in this category of archaeological evidence.
The roman pictures include carvings, paintings and mosaics showing roman wagons, two and four-wheeled vehicles, with/without people and/or goods, wagons in (or in no) motion and pictures with various kinds of wagonparts, mostly wheels. Some of these pictures happen to be very detailed and they are therefore, in my opinion, great evidence in the study of roman wagons.
Here below are some examples of roman picture-work showing roman wagons. All photos are my own.
1. Detail of roman wheel. Carving, Arlon, Belgium
2. Detail of roman wagon. Carving, Budapest, Hungary.
3. Mosaic showing a fourwheeled wagon, photo in Saalburg, Germany.
4. Bronzemodel of lower part of a wagon, Bonn, Germany
February 22, 2007 at 22:00
[...] finds, the roman wagons are reconstructed as the wagons found in the roman world of pictures (see my introducing post on the subject), and here especially the carvings are important evidence to the looks and constructions of the [...]