10-25-2007, 09:20 PM
John said:-
The short answer is Yes. There is some iconographic evidence, and descriptions in the sources, all of which seem to paint a consistent picture of Numidians, Spaniards, Gauls, Etruscans, Samnites, Apulians Bruttians et al in their Native dress - certainly no indication of systematic issue of uniforms by either side, though at times, as in all wars, each army could look like the other - Hannibal's Africans after Trasimene'equipped in the choicest Roman arms', Scipio's sailors, hastily equipped from the Carthaginian arsenal in Spain, or Rome's slave 'volones' after Cannae equipped in captured trophy Gallic equipment from the Temples after Cannae....spring to mind. :? )
Quote:I was curious about the appearance of auxilla on the Roman/Carthaginian side...Did they wear Native dress?
The short answer is Yes. There is some iconographic evidence, and descriptions in the sources, all of which seem to paint a consistent picture of Numidians, Spaniards, Gauls, Etruscans, Samnites, Apulians Bruttians et al in their Native dress - certainly no indication of systematic issue of uniforms by either side, though at times, as in all wars, each army could look like the other - Hannibal's Africans after Trasimene'equipped in the choicest Roman arms', Scipio's sailors, hastily equipped from the Carthaginian arsenal in Spain, or Rome's slave 'volones' after Cannae equipped in captured trophy Gallic equipment from the Temples after Cannae....spring to mind. :? )
"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
