I was cruising legion websites, and I discoverd that Luca's Legio V (
www.romanhideout.com/Legiov/default.asp )has the definitive answer to why we all wear white tunics.<br>
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www.romanhideout.com/Legi...4_1024.jpg<br>
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Or maybe being Italian has something to do with it..<br>
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hope springs eternal... <p>Richard Campbell, Legio XX<br>
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</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=richsc@romanarmytalk>RichSC</A> at: 12/18/02 12:06:53 pm<br></i>
Cor, htat one's a modem killer Rich. Good point though. <p></p><i></i>
Whew.<br>
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Is it hot in here? <p></p><i></i>
Mama...dat's a spicy meatball! M <p><br>
Magnus/Matt<br>
Optio<br>
Legio XXX "Ulpia Victrix" </p><i></i>
... And it's not the only one... There's a fair haired nymph somewhere else in the pictures.. <p></p><i></i>
Don't want to burst anyone's bubble, but I believe the largest, best drilled and best equipped Roman group in Italy, wears RED tunics, just like the best groups in Britain and Germany.<br>
Dan <p></p><i></i>
<p>Greets<br>
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Jasper</p><i></i>
ahem..show me the photos of the red dressed folks with the women!<br>
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And, following up on those curious hooks on the sides of that one segmentata that baffled Mike Bishop, they are not for suspenderii, but are actually quick release mechanism loops. <p>Richard Campbell, Legio XX<br>
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</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=richsc@romanarmytalk>RichSC</A> at: 12/18/02 10:35:01 pm<br></i>
Yeah but Dan, where are all the hot ladies? The ancient legions measured success by their battle honours, perhaps the modern one could by the number of ladies we attract? <p><br>
Magnus/Matt<br>
Optio<br>
Legio XXX "Ulpia Victrix" </p><i></i>
Saluete omnes,<br>
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but...didn't you know it?<br>
Women... adore red tunics!<br>
This is (one of) the reasons we wear it. M<br>
OK, seriously speaking, reasons are others, but it helps!<br>
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Flavius<br>
Legio XXX Ulpia Traiana Victrix<br>
Roma <p></p><i></i>
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...Women love men's red (hot) blood...,<br>
I think they don't look so much at the tunics color...<br>
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Titus Sabatinus Aquilius<br>
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"Desilite, inquit, commilitones, nisi vultis aquilam hostibus prodere" D.B.G. (4.25)[/font] <p></p><i></i>
Crikey,<br>
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Glad I looked at this at work, my wife would have gone mad if I had looked at that at home<br>
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I can't post any images of the ladies that us gladiators attract but I think we need to go to Italy soon EM<br>
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Graham <p></p><i></i>
And I was about to say those gladiatrix in their gear looked pretty nice too, but one has to be careful about whom one says such things... <p>Richard Campbell, Legio XX<br>
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about whom or to whom... EM <p></p><i></i>
Baa.... Who cares about the woman? I mean I guess she's pretty and all... just give me some of those soldiers. M *drools* I think I'll be going back to Italy sometime soon. E EM<br>
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<p>-Christy
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