Baldric for a late roman spatha?

[Thomas V.]

As far as I know, in the 4th century the thick baldrics died out.

One of he belt sets found in the Bécsi út Grave 2 is considered as a sword belt. Its widest part (the "Balteus button") is 36 mm wide. Even if the widest part has been wider than the strap, the strap quite probably would have been still as wide as the widest buckle clamp (27 mm; and thus wider as the 2 cm you suggested). As the three buckles of the belt are typical for the 5th century, it is suggested, that said belt might have been used until the turn of the century.
The baldric parts can be seen here: [hide]https://www.academia.edu/1649790/M._Nagy_Zwei_spatromerzeitliche_Waffengraber_am_Westrand_der_Canabae_von_Aquincum._Acta_Archaeologica_ASHung_56_2005_403-486[/hide] (p. 462, Abb. 34, 4).
The Bécsi út Grave 2 as a proof for (about) 36 mm wide baldrics beeing in use until the 5th century?


And: The silver tube found in the grave of the Kemathen Warrior. Said tube, wich is much longer than 2 cm, is considered as a strap end of a sword baldric. If this consideration should be true, it woud prove that wide baldrics didn't disappear in the 4th century, as the grave can be dated to the second third of the 5th century (Miltenberg-type fibula, Vieuxville-type belt, conical glass beaker with thread applications). Have a look (the tubular strap end covers the edge of the end of the baldric): [hide]http://www.landschaftsmuseum.de/Bilder/Reisberg/Fuerstengraeber/Gommern/Vitrinen_Gommern-2.jpg[/hide].