07-22-2006, 03:33 PM
Tattoos always seemed more 'friendly' and effective means of securing a recruit. After all, tags and clotihing marks are too easily thrown away. And branding seems too harsh a thing, even for recruits!
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)