Making Pteruges (or at least trying to make Pteruges!)

[Tarbicus]

oh, by the way, I never said that the doncaster shield _was_ Roman. Here's my post:

More likely Roman though, eh ?
Boss with four equally spaced rivets are not always roman in origin, but they are the usually found in roman contexts (not Iron age ones). There are also the rivet sizes. Of course, it was also pulled out of a Roman fort, beneath the Antonine defences.

Actually, you did:

http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic. ... 294#178294

Felt, lnen/textile, and parchment/rawhide have been cited as Roman shield layers, but no mention of your usual run-of-the-mill leather, AFAIK. Anyone know of any, perhaps from Illerup? Christian?

Roman:
First century shield from doncaster, Buckland, britannia 1978
Dura europos, waterer, leather and the warrior, 1981 (not sure of original report here)...

...we need more ?

Hence a lot of my comments about you presenting something as being Roman, when it's clearly not thought to be so, only maybe so.