05-28-2011, 09:35 PM
You have a point David, but if I may point out, Dr Estelle Lazer did an interesting comparative study of the human remains at Pompeii and her conclusions show that the average height of males was 167cm, or almost 5ft 6 inches, so roughly the same as the modern day population average of Naples. Now, if the modern Italian reenactors are anything like their Roman counterparts, they should tell us if the shield hurts them also...
Danny Deschenes