Roman legionaries 4th-5th century AD

Roman legionaries of the 4th-5th century AD. Digital painting. In this illustration we can clearly see the changes in the Late Roman or Late Empire army compared to the much better documented and known High Empire legionaries. The first element that stands out is the Berkasovo-type helmet that both legionaries wear, which has little to do with the now disappeared Italic-imperial or Heddernheim-type helmets. On the helmet of the soldier on the right we can see that the crismon of Constantine is represented, since it was from the 4th century onwards that the empire became Christian at the hands of the emperor Constantine. He also wears a longitudinal crest of feathers, suggesting he is an officer. This same soldier wears scale armor or lorica squamata, already in use in the Roman army since the 1st century AD, while his companion uses more recent lamellar armour. Both wear long-sleeved tunics, according to the new Roman fashion, and as offensive weapons they carry the long-bladed spatha hanging on their left side.