04-08-2011, 07:35 PM
See this article: "New Light on Old Tents" by Carol van Driel-Murray.
Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies, 1, 1990.
From the article:
"That leather was the main material for construction is clear from the fact that sub pellibus (under hides) is the normal phrase to denote a tent camp."
The article continues to explain that the majority of leather finds from Roman Army camp sites can be linked to tentage.
Wrong.
The Latin sentence just proves that Romans at one time camped under tents made of hides.
It does not mean they did not use linen or any other materials.
Linen has not been found, at least not in the North where the conditions are bad for conservation. Same with hemp. It is a dangerous thing to attest proof to anything written in original sources and Carol clearly did not use source criticism as any historian would have. She is an archaeologist, and a good one at that, but here she misses the point completely.
If i write about something and would use naval words which were used in the 18th century but which do not have the same meaning these days though still used in popular language, no historian in the future could prove that i was actually a sailor.
M.VIB.M.
Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies, 1, 1990.
From the article:
"That leather was the main material for construction is clear from the fact that sub pellibus (under hides) is the normal phrase to denote a tent camp."
The article continues to explain that the majority of leather finds from Roman Army camp sites can be linked to tentage.
Wrong.
The Latin sentence just proves that Romans at one time camped under tents made of hides.
It does not mean they did not use linen or any other materials.
Linen has not been found, at least not in the North where the conditions are bad for conservation. Same with hemp. It is a dangerous thing to attest proof to anything written in original sources and Carol clearly did not use source criticism as any historian would have. She is an archaeologist, and a good one at that, but here she misses the point completely.
If i write about something and would use naval words which were used in the 18th century but which do not have the same meaning these days though still used in popular language, no historian in the future could prove that i was actually a sailor.
M.VIB.M.
Bushido wa watashi no shuukyou de gozaru.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
