03-14-2006, 05:17 PM
Quote:I am experimenting with hide as a backing to the doubling of a hamata.
Maybe just thick wool was worn, but there is too much good evidence in this thread that a lot was going on under Roman armor than just a thick wool tunic. I believe their equipment was highly sophisticated. Fred Flintstone would not have fit in with the Roman Army.
LOL!
Perhaps as a signifier wearing a saber-tooth skin, maybe.
:lol:
John, Let us know how the hide experiment works.
Thanks
Travis
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