06-22-2008, 10:08 PM
We don't see Roman shields made with planking until the third C. (Dura Europos) I would suggest stick to the ply method. Bracing can be attached by using small copper nails/panel pins. I have always a combination of both glue and pins.
If you really want it super strong, then copper roofing nails make good rivets!
The Danum shield (Published by Paul C. Buckland - Dept of Archaeology and Prehistory University of Sheffield 1986).
The shield was excavated in 1971 beneath the rampart of the 2nd century fort at Danum (Doncaster) Paul Buckland sums it up in his opening paragraph on the shield:
[i]“Whilst the majority of the objects found on Roman sites of the region can be matched by many similar pieces from elsewhere in Britain, the remains of the shield from Doncaster are so far unique in the Province and therefore merit fuller discussion.â€
If you really want it super strong, then copper roofing nails make good rivets!
The Danum shield (Published by Paul C. Buckland - Dept of Archaeology and Prehistory University of Sheffield 1986).
The shield was excavated in 1971 beneath the rampart of the 2nd century fort at Danum (Doncaster) Paul Buckland sums it up in his opening paragraph on the shield:
[i]“Whilst the majority of the objects found on Roman sites of the region can be matched by many similar pieces from elsewhere in Britain, the remains of the shield from Doncaster are so far unique in the Province and therefore merit fuller discussion.â€
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