08-02-2005, 05:56 PM
Quote:It may well be that tents made in the middle east might have been linen but that doesn't give any proof that linen tents were used in the cold damp northern empire. I suspect you are trying to justify using a cloth tent instead of a leather one.
Exactly. I don't have a state factory producing goatskin tents a quartermaster to issue them freely and 7 mates willing to share it with me!
~ Paul Elliott
The Last Legionary
This book details the lives of Late Roman legionaries garrisoned in Britain in 400AD. It covers everything from battle to rations, camp duties to clothing.
The Last Legionary
This book details the lives of Late Roman legionaries garrisoned in Britain in 400AD. It covers everything from battle to rations, camp duties to clothing.
