02-26-2007, 08:36 PM
Tatoos are a very personal choice.
In antiquity though, removable battle paint was asociated with "barbarians" and slaves and sometimes late roman reqruits were "tatooed" though branding or other unpleasant method.
Generally marking the body was frowned upon in the Greco- Roman world.
Now if a modern individual likes body art its his choice but better if it conservatively hidden for Greco- Roman renacting as Geofry suggested..
Kind regards
In antiquity though, removable battle paint was asociated with "barbarians" and slaves and sometimes late roman reqruits were "tatooed" though branding or other unpleasant method.
Generally marking the body was frowned upon in the Greco- Roman world.
Now if a modern individual likes body art its his choice but better if it conservatively hidden for Greco- Roman renacting as Geofry suggested..
Kind regards
HOPLITE14GR (aka Stefanos)
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Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com