07-04-2006, 09:35 PM
What I have researched and been told by several re-enactors and historians is that the germanic people at the time of the Teutoberg Forest battle is that the germanic people were not well armed. The most any common warrior would have is a sheild and a spear. Since metal was source of metal in germania was small not everyone afford to buy it. Only the ones in high status would have had helmet or even a sword, unless you joined the Roman army and defected!
Also, around this time Caesar is conquering Gual so the alliances between the germans and celts would have been stronger so trade for the germans would be more profitable, aka metal. Plus, after the battle the germans would have had access to three legions worth of chain, plate, and muscle armor, gladius and spathas, sheilds, and helmets. Not to mention three eagle standards! :twisted:
The Romans only conquered half way between the Rhine and Elbe rivers so a good number of tribes would have had access to roman gold, metal, and training oppurtunities.
Also, around this time Caesar is conquering Gual so the alliances between the germans and celts would have been stronger so trade for the germans would be more profitable, aka metal. Plus, after the battle the germans would have had access to three legions worth of chain, plate, and muscle armor, gladius and spathas, sheilds, and helmets. Not to mention three eagle standards! :twisted:
The Romans only conquered half way between the Rhine and Elbe rivers so a good number of tribes would have had access to roman gold, metal, and training oppurtunities.
Joshua B. Davis
Marius Agorius Donatus Minius Germanicus
Optio Centuriae
Legio VI FFC, Cohors Flavus
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Marius Agorius Donatus Minius Germanicus
Optio Centuriae
Legio VI FFC, Cohors Flavus
[url:vat9d7f9]http://legvi.tripod.com[/url]
"Do or do not do, their is no try!" Yoda
