Barbarian Symmachiarius

This is the Barbarian Symmachiarius that first appeared in the Miniature Figurines 72/73 catalogue as PB 121.

Both PB ranges were based on Phil Barker's books Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars and The Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome. This figure is taken from illustration 21 in the first edition of AEIR.

The code numbers for the AEIR range correspond to the illustrations in the book plus '100', i.e. illustration 1 is figure 101, and so on.

The base is stamped PB 121 on the upper surface in the usual manner.

Symmachiarii are allied irregular units fighting on behalf of the Romans and usually armed with their own weapons - they are frequently shown armed with nothing but clubs although this chap has a javelin and what looks like a Roman shield.  He would typically be a German or Gaul. 

As usual with these figures there is a 'thin' and 'thick' javelin version - the thin ones tend to break very easily. This is one of the thickies.