05-07-2005, 01:20 PM
It could pretty well be, then, that the real name of the military belt worn during the Republic and the Principate was "cinctus"...
A not very well known term used in ancient military texts was "in procinctu", as in "this unit was sent there in procinctu". According to some scholars the term meant "wearing the military belt" and, by extension, "under arms".
I think I found this in a monography by Y. le Bohec on the IIIrd Augusta at Lambesis.
A not very well known term used in ancient military texts was "in procinctu", as in "this unit was sent there in procinctu". According to some scholars the term meant "wearing the military belt" and, by extension, "under arms".
I think I found this in a monography by Y. le Bohec on the IIIrd Augusta at Lambesis.
Pascal Sabas
