Late Imperial Roman (Eastern) Army - DBA II/78b

Here are my Late Imperial Romans, Eastern Army, II/78b, all options. 

The whole army

I’ve gone for the era of Constantine the Great, 

Emperor from 306-337 CE. 

The cavalry. (L-R) Equites Scutatorum Secunda, Equites Brachiati Ioniores.

I say loosely because while the Notitia Dignitatum shows plenty of the shield patterns for eastern foot units, cavalry shields are not so well documented so I substituted freely. 

The foot are (front row L to R) Legiones Palatina Scythae, Legiones Palatina Daci and Auxilia Palatina Undecimani. (back row L to R) Auxilia Palatina Falchovarii and Auxilia Palatina Regii.

The army itself is loosely based on field army of the Magister Militum Praesentalis II, based in Asia minor. 

Equites Persae Clibanarii and Equites Catafractarii.

I tried my hand at dusty-ing up the shields by painting on some hairspray then applying some ground up artist pastels. 

Equites Sagittarii Iuniores and Equites Dalmatae Passerentiaci.

Psiloi, bolt shooter and archers.

The baggage camp in the main army picture is my original simple mobile camp. 

I've since upgraded to one based on a combination of the the Large Palaestra at Pompeii and the Getty Roman villa & garden replica. 

Featherstone Factor: 55 - Holy crap they’re good! 

Or at least they used to be…

Donald says that the Roman armies of Marius, Caesar and Augustus were the bee's knees. However (there had to be one) by the end of the 4th century CE the barbarisation and deterioration of the legionary infantry - including the replacement of the pilum for a pike (!) and the forced, but logical, increase in cavalry numbers due to hordes of restless horsemen, meant it was down the gurgler for the legions.

What’s this Featherstone Factor all about?

Find out here.