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There is a big difference between being a vendor and a scolar (be it "vocational" or not). A vendor wants to sell things at the highest possible take, a scolar ie one who studies a certain period just wants the scientific facts. It was not difficult to spot the inconsistancies with that "Roman" sword, good picture evidence was supplied bt Markus on the non-period scabbard pieces with a clear paralel to a well documented find. Which is why the initial response by mr Blake suprised me a bit, as there is a wealth of knowledge on the Roman period and its armaments on RAT. Between us, we have just about all the books and plenty of museum visits. We may not always get it right, but boy do we try ::-): .
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Quote:Right, I gotta find the one. I'm at school right now though so I'll have to wait until I get home.
Das Hunnen Reich by Istvan Bona, Konrad Theiss Verlag 1991
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867