07-22-2007, 03:51 PM
Quote:Whatever, this discussion shows there is an interest in the human experience of Roman battle. I sometimes wonder if we should spend less time counting rivets in helmets and more time considering these weighty matters.
I always think we should spend more time on the human side and less on 'rivet-counting'. After all, can you extrapolate the whole of the experience of World War Two from looking at the typology oif a German helmet? I think not ......! :lol:
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Ian (Sonic) Hughes
Ian (Sonic) Hughes
"I have described nothing but what I saw myself, or learned from others" - Thucydides, Peloponnesian War
"I have just jazzed mine up a little" - Spike Milligan, World War II
"I have described nothing but what I saw myself, or learned from others" - Thucydides, Peloponnesian War
"I have just jazzed mine up a little" - Spike Milligan, World War II