Look at here : what is the only weak point in this picture?
Against the falx... or just because of the impact of your shield in your leg (some bad memories...).
What is incorrect in my equipment: I shouldn't wear the greaves when marching (same thing with the helmet), only in combat. I could wear two, or more probably, just one greave. Linen and leather would be OK, metal for officers (coveringl the knees like in funerary steles) and maybe some richer legionary (but not covering the knees as it seems in Adamklissi and archeological findings).
I tend to agree. I have always thought the shins are very vulnerable, especially to sling shot, etc....
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
Quote:Where did you get that info from?
As far as I'm aware, they still wore the tunics above the knees in the later period as well.
I'd be interested to see any images of this.
I'd have to check my various images, but I can't because my flashdrive has gone missing. Lost 10 Gigs of Roman Images and files (including my Handbook) on there. I remember seeing both on Late Roman Monuments, murals, etc. But I can't name any off the top of my head.
Furthermore, I support the use of greaves prior to the 3rd century, I would just say they were not a common sight.
After all, shins are god's way of helping us find things in the dark
Contemplating the underhanded schemers and plotters I am up against......
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
Yeah, too many wild flowers, it really is a wheat field though at an agricultural museum!
The waterskin I bought in the UK from saddlers den, but I have made another one based on the design. Pretty simple - short piece of copper or brass tube, attach a cheating waterproof liner (I like using wine bags out of wine boxes) by gluing the mouth of the bag around the neck of the tube. Next lay your contraption out on leather and cut to a shape you like and that will hold the liner, sew the two halves together around the liner, at the mouth of your new leather bag, glue that also to the brass tube, then use leather cord and glue to whip and bind around the tube nice and tight. Make a cork or wooden stopper, attach it to the neck of the waterskin by a leather cord.
You should think about suspension before you sew up the leather. My waterskin has two brass rings on the 'shoulders'.