02-06-2010, 12:17 AM
John,
I agree that officers had their means of transporting their gear. However, why not use an elaborate umbo. Julius Caesar I believe mentions that dona were worn into battle and if the Lauresfort are anything to go by, they would have been more expensive than any umbo.
However, as fas as that picture that Peroni showed, it appears that bent nails were used with that umbo. Thus it appears that both nails and those flat rivets that would presumably have pins and are presumably from scuta could be used.
I agree that officers had their means of transporting their gear. However, why not use an elaborate umbo. Julius Caesar I believe mentions that dona were worn into battle and if the Lauresfort are anything to go by, they would have been more expensive than any umbo.
However, as fas as that picture that Peroni showed, it appears that bent nails were used with that umbo. Thus it appears that both nails and those flat rivets that would presumably have pins and are presumably from scuta could be used.
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Paolo
Paolo
