08-20-2006, 06:54 PM
Hey guys, calm down a little, hm?
Tib. Gabinius: Please read your posts once again before hitting the submit-button, and check for spelling. A little bit hard to read that last one. Or use the nice and friendly "spell check" button.
@topic: As with every "reconstruction", better "historical display", it is best to keep to (an) original(s). We have no surviving wolf-, lion-, bear- or whatsoever- skin used by an -ifer, so the best idea might be to leave them away because several questions have to remain unanswered:
- how long were they at the back?
- how were they connected to the helmet?
- did they have a lining?
- were there still bones (skull)?
- did they have glass eyes? :wink:
- were they cut to fit the wearer?
and so on.
Next: How much sense does it make to have a standard bearer besides a vexillarius? Or how many groups are nearly cohort-strength? It is sometimes like having "5 chieftains and one Indian".
Maybe there are some other interesting fields, where all the energy spent here might be invested in a more sensible way? P
Tib. Gabinius: Please read your posts once again before hitting the submit-button, and check for spelling. A little bit hard to read that last one. Or use the nice and friendly "spell check" button.
@topic: As with every "reconstruction", better "historical display", it is best to keep to (an) original(s). We have no surviving wolf-, lion-, bear- or whatsoever- skin used by an -ifer, so the best idea might be to leave them away because several questions have to remain unanswered:
- how long were they at the back?
- how were they connected to the helmet?
- did they have a lining?
- were there still bones (skull)?
- did they have glass eyes? :wink:
- were they cut to fit the wearer?
and so on.
Next: How much sense does it make to have a standard bearer besides a vexillarius? Or how many groups are nearly cohort-strength? It is sometimes like having "5 chieftains and one Indian".
Maybe there are some other interesting fields, where all the energy spent here might be invested in a more sensible way? P
Christian K.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.