08-27-2003, 03:32 PM
Matt, I quite agree.<br>
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<<gleaming with bright light, clad in shining armours...>><br>
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doesn't sound to me like sun glinting off blackened or blued armor.<br>
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To reiterate, there is absolutely no historical evidence that I have been shown that Roman armor was blackened or blued. All available evidence, artistic and literary, points strongly the contrary -- that they were cleaned to a bright, silvery finish that gleamed in the sun.<br>
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T. Flavius Crispus<br>
Legio VI Victrix Pia Fidelis<br>
California, USA<br>
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<<gleaming with bright light, clad in shining armours...>><br>
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doesn't sound to me like sun glinting off blackened or blued armor.<br>
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To reiterate, there is absolutely no historical evidence that I have been shown that Roman armor was blackened or blued. All available evidence, artistic and literary, points strongly the contrary -- that they were cleaned to a bright, silvery finish that gleamed in the sun.<br>
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T. Flavius Crispus<br>
Legio VI Victrix Pia Fidelis<br>
California, USA<br>
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T. Flavius Crispus / David S. Michaels
Centurio Pilus Prior,
Legio VI VPF
CA, USA
"Oderint dum probent."
Tiberius
Centurio Pilus Prior,
Legio VI VPF
CA, USA
"Oderint dum probent."
Tiberius