05-01-2006, 11:24 AM
Hello,
in my opinion it is mainly the length.While it is ( for me ) possible to pull a gladius" straight up "out of its scabbard wearing it on the right hip , it is impossible to do it with a longer spatha.Having it left hip it gives a little bit more room for pulling it out.So perhaps it came with the development of longer blades.
This is only my opinion und it only works as long as the soldier is righthanded.But most people are.
In "Die Alamannen" is a picture of a tombstone of LEOPONTIUS from Straßburg .It shows the man wearing a spatha on the left hip.
Helstafir
in my opinion it is mainly the length.While it is ( for me ) possible to pull a gladius" straight up "out of its scabbard wearing it on the right hip , it is impossible to do it with a longer spatha.Having it left hip it gives a little bit more room for pulling it out.So perhaps it came with the development of longer blades.
This is only my opinion und it only works as long as the soldier is righthanded.But most people are.
In "Die Alamannen" is a picture of a tombstone of LEOPONTIUS from Straßburg .It shows the man wearing a spatha on the left hip.
Helstafir
