Diokletians soldiers

**Edzamon** · August 20, 2010, 04:07 PM

Tonight I was watching the procession of Emperor Diocletian, with his guards and legionaries trough the Streets of Split, in Croatia. It is anuall celebration in his honor in front of his palace in Split, or something.

That made me wonder, does anyone know how the legions actually looked like during his life?

**Magister Militum Flavius Aetius** · August 20, 2010, 04:26 PM

I have some good pics, they're osprey so i cant post them here though... ill pm them to you

**Edzamon** · August 20, 2010, 04:32 PM

Yeah, please do

Thank you very much

**Magister Militum Flavius Aetius** · August 20, 2010, 04:34 PM

sure, just gimme a minute

**Joar** · August 21, 2010, 07:11 AM

Originally Posted by Edzamon

Tonight I was watching the procession of Emperor Diocletian, with his guards and legionaries trough the Streets of Split, in Croatia. It is anuall celebration in his honor in front of his palace in Split, or something.

That made me wonder, does anyone know how the legions actually looked like during his life?

Do you have any photos of this procession? It would be fun to see.

**SeniorBatavianHorse** · August 21, 2010, 03:11 PM

I found this - here

**Joar** · August 21, 2010, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by SeniorBatavianHorse

I found this - here

It seems as if it's just a few "enthusiasts" who does this on their own initiative. That the public is allowed to literally walk all over them kind of spoils the whole illusion, doesn't it?

**Edzamon** · August 22, 2010, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by Joar

Do you have any photos of this procession? It would be fun to see.

I liked themoment when soldiers were marching and shouting smth, it was night it looked soo cool (but I knew that probably "uniforms" were outdated, so i asked if someone knew what were the actuall

**Magister Militum Flavius Aetius** · August 21, 2010, 03:32 PM

cool! +rep SBH!

**Magister Militum Flavius Aetius** · August 21, 2010, 04:16 PM

yeah, it does

**SeniorBatavianHorse** · August 21, 2010, 04:52 PM

I know! It's not really 'Comitatus' is it?

**Magister Militum Flavius Aetius** · August 21, 2010, 04:55 PM

No, no it's not

**Edzamon** · August 22, 2010, 02:56 PM

No no, it is "organised"

First, there were a chariot with white horses running inside a Diocletian ad his wife *which is every year current miss of Croatia) and before them som guards, then standard barer, again some guards with finest equipment then army...

Smth like this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex2vK...eature=related

**SeniorBatavianHorse** · August 22, 2010, 04:18 PM

That made me want to visit - just to see Diocletian's Baths!

**Renatus** · August 22, 2010, 04:42 PM

It's well worth a visit. I have happy memories of prowling through the streets of Split 30 years ago, studying the remains of Diocletian's Palace.

**Valentinian Victor** · August 23, 2010, 06:40 AM

Originally Posted by Renatus

It's well worth a visit. I have happy memories of prowling through the streets of Split 30 years ago, studying the remains of Diocletian's Palace.

If your in Croatia it might be worth heading north to Pula, nice place, with a virtually intact ampitheater by the sea. Pula was known as the 'City of Tombs', so many Emperors and nobles were buried there.