Lupus help

[Tarbicus]

So, get some sources that tell us that, when and why they lost the will to wear wolf.

When the velites disappeared from the army is one argument.

If velites are to be used as examples of animal skins to wear, and then were worn by signifers and cornicens in some kind of tradition, how come the latter don't wear badger skins, and did the velites wear lion skins as clearly depicted on TC?

The velites' animal skins were a means to identify them clearly, and some believe they looked quite individual so that they could easily be later identified if they showed great courage. By Caesar's time the velites have disappeared, their function being replaced by the auxilia who with little doubt could be also easily be identified from a distance. Therefore, the function of the animal skins for ordinary soldiers had disappeared, whereas the standard bearers and cornicens, etc, still needed to be identified clearly in battle. It is thoroughly obvoius to my eyes that neither of the major columns show wolf skins being worn, and I find it incredible to believe, given their significance to the Romans, that they would not be clearly identifiable and represented.

Is the cornicen with pointy ears on Spiral 16of TC? If so, I fail to see how that can be definitely called a wolf.