08-21-2011, 03:56 PM
Quote:The manica was used by a small number of soldiers for a very short period of time. It doesn't tell us anything particularly insightful since we don't know which soldiers it was issued, which weapon it was intended to defend against, or why it wasn't used more widely.The Tropaeum Traiani has plenty of manica on view, Dan. Manicae been found in Richborough, Corbridge, Eining, Leon, Carlisle, possibly Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa. They've also been found in Pergamon, and one in Ai Knaum is dated to ~150BC, in an Hellenistic context.
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