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So what is the latest thinking on what punic romans should look like in terms of uniform colors, shield colors, feather on top of the helmet colors? I have AMPW. I don't remember what it says about uniforms, but I seem to recall it says shields were undecorated solid colors in this period.
Non-Latinists here might like to remember that purpureus isn't quite identical to our word purple; it can imply brilliance or just a strong red.
I really don't buy the plain scutum idea. Everyone else decorated the things, and so did later Romans. Absence of evidence, as they say, is not....