07-29-2007, 12:59 AM
....am also highly impressed by the panoply, Tony. Since exactly how high or low a soldier wore his gladius was probably a matter of personal taste ( especially for the centurion ), neither Robert or you should be overly concerned, I think !!
Are you wearing a 'sub-armalis' or are the 'pteryges' fastened to the mail ?
Are you wearing a 'sub-armalis' or are the 'pteryges' fastened to the mail ?
"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
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