12-18-2012, 01:24 AM
No need to apologise but using 'SBH' is inappropriate here, I would have thought, as no one knows what it means!
By soft kit I simply mean undress kit: what a miles would wear before arming up or on duty. I doubt he wore the subarmalis while off-duty or drinking with a friend!
Robert, thanks for the imput there. I will see about getting a closed boot in the Zwammerdam style perhaps. I have recently purchased 'Late Roman Painting' and will study it to see what examples of foot-wear are shown. I also now have 'Roman Military Dress' by Graham Sumner, which will help enormously - as will the 2 Osprey titles on Roman military clothing.
By soft kit I simply mean undress kit: what a miles would wear before arming up or on duty. I doubt he wore the subarmalis while off-duty or drinking with a friend!
Robert, thanks for the imput there. I will see about getting a closed boot in the Zwammerdam style perhaps. I have recently purchased 'Late Roman Painting' and will study it to see what examples of foot-wear are shown. I also now have 'Roman Military Dress' by Graham Sumner, which will help enormously - as will the 2 Osprey titles on Roman military clothing.
Francis Hagan
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