01-30-2015, 10:51 PM
Ave Graham,
If one relies primarily upon sculptures and columns, which were intended to idealize the Roman legionnaire, it is easy to make presumptions. But let me pose a query. Assuming a legionnaire put on multiple layers of tunics, etc., to protect from extreme cold temperatures, would he not have difficulty in getting his armor on? I have suggested previously, and continue to suggest, that it is much more likely that legionnaires adopted cold weather clothing used by local warriors. Why is this not seen in sculpture? It is my educated guess that this would not meet the ideal of a Mediterranean-centered culture.
Vale,
Petrus Augustinus
(Pierre Kleff)
If one relies primarily upon sculptures and columns, which were intended to idealize the Roman legionnaire, it is easy to make presumptions. But let me pose a query. Assuming a legionnaire put on multiple layers of tunics, etc., to protect from extreme cold temperatures, would he not have difficulty in getting his armor on? I have suggested previously, and continue to suggest, that it is much more likely that legionnaires adopted cold weather clothing used by local warriors. Why is this not seen in sculpture? It is my educated guess that this would not meet the ideal of a Mediterranean-centered culture.
Vale,
Petrus Augustinus
(Pierre Kleff)
Petrus Augustinus
