09-26-2007, 03:14 AM
Quote:So than was it the Celtiberians or Carthaginians who wore the white tunics with the purple-ish/crimson trim?
...neither, strictly speaking ! Polybius and Livy both refer to Iberians in white tunics edged 'purple', and describe this as national costume rather than a uniform.
Diodoros records Celt-Iberians wearing black cloaks and Srabo records highland people ( mostly celt-iberians) as having worn black, with mostly black cloaks ( which implies tunics could be black too). 8) 8)
"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