02-10-2009, 07:49 PM
Quote:With my armor my waist is 48 however with just my tunic and undertunic hanging freely my waist is 42. Imagine if I bunched up this material to raise the tunics or try to get the pleated effect. You can add a few more inches to that circumference. Then you have the fascia covering all that. I think that it is plausible that the fascia ventalis had two functions.
This has already been suggested long ago.
You can read about the possible functions of the fascia ventralis in: Arma Volume 3 (1991). Newsletter of the Roman Military Equipment Conference.
This volume is available for download somewhere, but I can't find it at the moment...
Vale,
