Tents, to be linen or not to be linen.

[Gaius Longius]

Hi Guys,
Very interesting debate with a couple of points which seem to fascinate me.

John Kaler noted from Livy that the Roman soldiers roughed out a winter campaign apparently sub pellis.

But as Greg Reynaud pointed out if pellis is actually describing skin with hairs on it could it be that sub pellis means a tent under skins to weatherproof and insulate from extreme cold?

Pulls pin, counts to three, throws and ducks for cover . :lol: :lol: :lol:

Regards,

Gary.