04-02-2010, 05:13 PM
Let's see:
1. Men's suits are a certain way today.
2. We have found no colored Roman linen.
3. The texts that mention linen don't mention colored linen.
Therefore, the Romans never dyed linen.
Sorry, but this syllogism lacks a certain elegance. Possible problems in concluding that the linen we have found was not colored could be because of the age of the linen itself. The Thorsberg sagum has changed color 3-4 times?
Texts don't mention a lot of things. Are we to conclude that segmentatas didn't exist prior to 50 A.D. because they are not mentioned in the texts?
1. Men's suits are a certain way today.
2. We have found no colored Roman linen.
3. The texts that mention linen don't mention colored linen.
Therefore, the Romans never dyed linen.
Sorry, but this syllogism lacks a certain elegance. Possible problems in concluding that the linen we have found was not colored could be because of the age of the linen itself. The Thorsberg sagum has changed color 3-4 times?
Texts don't mention a lot of things. Are we to conclude that segmentatas didn't exist prior to 50 A.D. because they are not mentioned in the texts?
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