A bizarre thought on sword making

[Marcus Julius]

Wow, I actually wasnt aware of any of that. Did the romans use the bones of their fallen enemies to make the sword grips of their swords? I thought they were just any ordinary animal bone!

Indeed, they were. Hence, my apology for taking the thread onto the cannibalism tangent.

And what do you mean by 'peon' legionary? As in puny, you would want something higher ranked, is that what you mean?

More of reputation than rank, but then there is the assumption that someone of a good reputation is going to get the rank.