05-25-2010, 02:03 AM
Dan wrote:
They also serve to give a better grip in soft, or muddy conditions such as the battlefield, or on the march. It would be a mistake to imagine Roman troops marching everywhere on roads ( they didn't), and in any event almost all Roman major roads were dirt-topped, which was more user friendly for both troops and more importantly unshod beasts of burden.....
Quote:The main point of the studs seems to be to make the soles last longer before they need replacing (legionaries did a LOT of walking).
They also serve to give a better grip in soft, or muddy conditions such as the battlefield, or on the march. It would be a mistake to imagine Roman troops marching everywhere on roads ( they didn't), and in any event almost all Roman major roads were dirt-topped, which was more user friendly for both troops and more importantly unshod beasts of burden.....
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(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
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