30s AD Reenacting

[Cornelius Quintus]

A translator to Latin uses general Latin terms - lorica, galea, gladius, scutum - for the above. How does it demonstrate using exact terms by the ancient writers as opposed to "blurry and general" terms of later translations?

Ave Alexander,

good point. I thought that a translator with a time lag of 'only' 50 to 100 years would be closer to the different termini than a modern one. Also 'normal' modern Latin dictionaries are lacking a lot of terms or meanings (not just military ones). So when I'm looking for the Latin version of a German word, I often find nothing similar (No, not 'soccer/Fussball' :wink: ) until I use a very large dictionary in the library.

Especially concerning former bible translations, terms about items, cloth, plants or animals often were changed to 'understandable' counterparts.

Unfortunately I'm not familiar with Greek...