03-05-2015, 09:13 PM
Quote:Also due to me getting the Divus Julius on my scabbard I may go up a bit in time period. I know the auxilleries used the Hamata, but I could have swore so did the legionaries did as well during the 1st century AD.
With the danger going off-topic a bit, I would not agree with the last bit of your reasoning. Still you're prefectly right, but within it I see a bit of the old 'legionair = segmentata; auxilia = hamata'- reasoning. This is based on Trajans Column and much adopted by re-enactors. However, the archeological record seems to suggest there was no such thing. A segmentata can go very good with auxilia (loads of segmentata finds from auxilia fortresses) and a segmentata can be used by legionairs (as it still is the most wide-spread type of armour for a very long time in history. )
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Jvrjenivs Peregrinvs Magnvs / FEBRVARIVS
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Jvrjenivs Peregrinvs Magnvs / FEBRVARIVS
A.K.A. Jurjen Draaisma
CORBVLO and Fectio
ALA I BATAVORUM