09-01-2012, 05:44 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropaeum_Traiani
Just one example.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunic
and another.
And then there's the collection of grave stele here on RAT, which pretty universally show the men with tunics that have the kneecap showing.
Of course not every tunic was the same, as they were often ordered via the legion supply office, and not every person was the same height. A look at the Osp)rey books etc., shows pretty much the same idea: military tunics were at or above the knee. (Ladies wore tunics that covered their legs for modesty, slaves and workers wore shorter tunics, but still generally below the knee.) Early Republic tunics were very short--we pretty much don't wear "miniskirts" as soldiers today, because of social stigma and "indecent exposure" laws.
Exactly how they got the tunics to drape like the grave sculptures tend to show is a matter for debate, but I thought tunic length was pretty much a settled idea. :???:
Just one example.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunic
and another.
And then there's the collection of grave stele here on RAT, which pretty universally show the men with tunics that have the kneecap showing.
Of course not every tunic was the same, as they were often ordered via the legion supply office, and not every person was the same height. A look at the Osp)rey books etc., shows pretty much the same idea: military tunics were at or above the knee. (Ladies wore tunics that covered their legs for modesty, slaves and workers wore shorter tunics, but still generally below the knee.) Early Republic tunics were very short--we pretty much don't wear "miniskirts" as soldiers today, because of social stigma and "indecent exposure" laws.
Exactly how they got the tunics to drape like the grave sculptures tend to show is a matter for debate, but I thought tunic length was pretty much a settled idea. :???:
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.