Lupus help

[Caius Fabius]

Your English is fine to me, much better than my German! I uderstand what you are trying to tell me. I just don't believe that the 18th and 19th century writers knew more than we do today about the Romans. I have Junklemann's books, most of them, but he is not a better source than the actual artifacts. Yes the war of 1938-1945 destroyed many artifacts, but what we have, we must use (and record so that they are never completely lost).

Until you can prove that wolves are period, you should not tell people to use a wolf's skin when doing the -ifer. If you want to do a velete, then the wolf is fine, since it was recorded by people who actually saw it.

Which contemporary authors state that the Roman -ifers wore wolf skins? Greek, Latin, Parthan,...? All we have for proof is the stele, statuary, an monuments.

To assume that a wolf-skin tradition carrys on for 100-500 years, and is transferred from the lowest classes to the most respected NCO in the unit (if you consider that the centurio is an officer) is a great leap of imagination, but not very logical. What tradition is this? I don't see the connection.