04-26-2007, 04:13 PM
"I think we have to accept that the nature of the army and it's associated auxiliaries at any given time was far less uniform that we would like to believe"
Well, we are in complete agreement there! The danger of taking a modern view of a "uniform" army is surely wrong. In the Leg XIIII/ Coh I BAT in the RMRS (UK), you see lorica , hamata and now a alternating scale squamata- with helmets varying from Italic D to Coolus, and in the auxilaries, hamata and one squamata.
Cheers
Caballo
Well, we are in complete agreement there! The danger of taking a modern view of a "uniform" army is surely wrong. In the Leg XIIII/ Coh I BAT in the RMRS (UK), you see lorica , hamata and now a alternating scale squamata- with helmets varying from Italic D to Coolus, and in the auxilaries, hamata and one squamata.
Cheers
Caballo