04-11-2007, 01:33 PM
The Rhineland tombstones depict the auxiliaries in their 'parade-best' though Graham, not 'campaign-wear'.
Surely in the field they are likely to have worn a trouser of some sort, especially the mounted troops. Until 70AD certainly 'us' Batavians were commanded by our own chieftains, ergo, probably still wore some extant native clothing especially in winter!
In 99AD, the new emperor Trajan brought the equites singulari Augusti to Rome. He saw to it that they looked as ‘Roman’ as possible. Like frontier troops of the line, they wore sleeveless or short-sleeved tunics and knee-length breeches. (Femenalia). This suggests that when the troops were on campaign or in the field that they wore un-Roman clothing, namely long sleeves and trousers.
Surely in the field they are likely to have worn a trouser of some sort, especially the mounted troops. Until 70AD certainly 'us' Batavians were commanded by our own chieftains, ergo, probably still wore some extant native clothing especially in winter!
In 99AD, the new emperor Trajan brought the equites singulari Augusti to Rome. He saw to it that they looked as ‘Roman’ as possible. Like frontier troops of the line, they wore sleeveless or short-sleeved tunics and knee-length breeches. (Femenalia). This suggests that when the troops were on campaign or in the field that they wore un-Roman clothing, namely long sleeves and trousers.
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