The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard.

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The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard.

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12-05-2010, 05:38 PM

It would depend on how complicated you want your signals to be. My guess is that (apart from showing wind direction and -strenght) it shows where the commander is. Nco's would of course have to know how to listen for commands etc. Maybe the draco (like any flag in Roman and Medieval times) signalled an advance or a retreat? Commands, afaik, were mostly vocal, or by horn/tuba/cornu etc..

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The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-03-2010, 09:16 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Robert Vermaat - 12-03-2010, 09:43 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-03-2010, 09:49 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Robert Vermaat - 12-03-2010, 10:02 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-03-2010, 10:11 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Robert Vermaat - 12-03-2010, 10:13 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Robert Vermaat - 12-03-2010, 10:19 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by markhebb - 12-03-2010, 10:36 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by markhebb - 12-03-2010, 10:44 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-03-2010, 10:55 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by D B Campbell - 12-03-2010, 02:42 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-03-2010, 02:53 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Robert Vermaat - 12-03-2010, 04:28 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-03-2010, 04:35 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Ron Andrea - 12-03-2010, 05:24 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Vindex - 12-03-2010, 06:42 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Ron Andrea - 12-03-2010, 07:04 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-03-2010, 07:18 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Vindex - 12-03-2010, 07:27 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-03-2010, 07:31 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Vindex - 12-03-2010, 07:36 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Robert Vermaat - 12-05-2010, 05:38 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-06-2010, 11:30 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Forty-One - 12-06-2010, 07:31 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Urselius - 12-07-2010, 07:10 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by markhebb - 12-08-2010, 05:51 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-08-2010, 08:59 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Urselius - 12-08-2010, 09:19 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Robert Vermaat - 12-08-2010, 09:38 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-08-2010, 11:09 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Urselius - 12-08-2010, 12:00 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-09-2010, 11:20 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Urselius - 12-09-2010, 12:06 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-09-2010, 12:23 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Ron Andrea - 12-09-2010, 01:08 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Epictetus - 12-16-2010, 07:20 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by John Conyard - 12-16-2010, 08:56 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by kchetwynd - 12-19-2010, 04:29 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Jvrjenivs - 12-19-2010, 07:42 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-20-2010, 11:21 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Robert Vermaat - 12-22-2010, 08:14 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-22-2010, 09:02 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Robert Vermaat - 12-22-2010, 12:13 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-23-2010, 10:07 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Urselius - 12-23-2010, 10:42 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Robert Vermaat - 12-23-2010, 02:21 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Urselius - 12-23-2010, 04:25 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by markhebb - 12-23-2010, 10:23 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Vindex - 12-23-2010, 11:04 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by markhebb - 12-24-2010, 08:05 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Vindex - 12-24-2010, 08:40 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-24-2010, 09:11 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by markhebb - 12-24-2010, 10:00 AM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Vindex - 12-24-2010, 01:30 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-24-2010, 01:33 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Vindex - 12-24-2010, 01:36 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by D B Campbell - 12-24-2010, 02:32 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Ron Andrea - 12-24-2010, 02:43 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Vindex - 12-24-2010, 03:43 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by D B Campbell - 12-24-2010, 04:06 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by ValentinianVictrix - 12-24-2010, 04:06 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by D B Campbell - 12-24-2010, 04:19 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by Vindex - 12-24-2010, 06:03 PM

Re: The purpose of the Late Roman Draco standard. - by markhebb - 12-24-2010, 10:12 PM

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