11-06-2006, 09:29 AM
Well I disagree with it not being much use, but that is only my opinion! 
If it is cost that you are worried about then I will have to concede the point.
But then a cloak is to keep you warm, and the legs of a legionary would be important to him I would guess. I know when I am out in the elements for 12 hours a day, I feel the cold even with thermal undies and 2 layers of clothing on top!
How ever, the heat trapping properties of my paenula are far greater than I would have imagined.
As is seen in many representations of paenulas, they are usually hitched up over shoulder when any action was imminent, or probably discarded altogether when going into battle! So they would not be that great of an encumbrance, far out weighed by their usefulness! 8)
If it is cost that you are worried about then I will have to concede the point.
But then a cloak is to keep you warm, and the legs of a legionary would be important to him I would guess. I know when I am out in the elements for 12 hours a day, I feel the cold even with thermal undies and 2 layers of clothing on top!
How ever, the heat trapping properties of my paenula are far greater than I would have imagined. As is seen in many representations of paenulas, they are usually hitched up over shoulder when any action was imminent, or probably discarded altogether when going into battle! So they would not be that great of an encumbrance, far out weighed by their usefulness!
8)
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
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Batavian Coh I
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[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
