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Access \"Roman Military Records\" by Fink?
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Quote:"Working on Helius' parade armor"
This raises the old question of whether the Romans had parade armour or not. Fink puts '(?)' after 'parade'. The word in the original is 'ornatus'. This can have connotations of splendour but need not mean any more than simply 'equipment'. One might expect a centurion, as Helius apparently was, to have more elaborate equipment than the common soldier, so the use of ornatus (if it has any special significance) may indicate nothing more than this.
Michael King Macdona

And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
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Access \"Roman Military Records\" by Fink? - by Renatus - 09-20-2015, 11:00 PM

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