05-06-2007, 02:06 PM
Perhaps Galba put on a 'hunting' cuirass?
Pausanias describes linen cuirasses as being more useful for hunting,and not so suitable for war, I believe............
In other words, there were different cuirasses for different purposes...
regards, Paullus Scipio/paul mcdonnell-staff
Pausanias describes linen cuirasses as being more useful for hunting,and not so suitable for war, I believe............
In other words, there were different cuirasses for different purposes...
regards, Paullus Scipio/paul mcdonnell-staff
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff