06-08-2007, 11:38 AM
P.S. Your caetrati impression could equally be bare-headed, or wear a helmet ( monefortino might be suitable, or a late Hellenistic ) as have the Hide helmet.
With the addition of a saunion (iron throwing weapon ) and a flat scutum and maybe a short spear you could swiftly transform from caetrati to scutarii
With the addition of a saunion (iron throwing weapon ) and a flat scutum and maybe a short spear you could swiftly transform from caetrati to scutarii
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(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
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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