08-10-2004, 05:21 AM
Lucius,<br>
Your question about hamatas with dagged lower hems should be better answered by somebody with a better knowledge of the earlier Imperial army than mine.<br>
If I recall well, those dagged hems are a prerrogative of Trajan's Column and Marcus' one (?). I don't think that there is any surviving real hamata of that kind, but that is hardly surprising, because mail is usually recovered as tiny bits with some rings still linking together or as shapeless, rusted bumps...<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
Your question about hamatas with dagged lower hems should be better answered by somebody with a better knowledge of the earlier Imperial army than mine.<br>
If I recall well, those dagged hems are a prerrogative of Trajan's Column and Marcus' one (?). I don't think that there is any surviving real hamata of that kind, but that is hardly surprising, because mail is usually recovered as tiny bits with some rings still linking together or as shapeless, rusted bumps...<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
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