11-10-2006, 12:10 AM
Paul wrote:
That is quite correct. Not just because it is in my book but because that it what the evidence appears to show with both cloaks of Paenula and Sagum type worn by all almost ranks in that colour. There is a suggestion that the yellow brown is a natural wool colour retaining the lanolins to help keep the cloak waterproof.
Red, white, blue and olive green cloak colours are also seen in Roman art but it is not really clear who wore what or why. One could argue that tribunes and officers of equestrian rank wore white cloaks at times but that is on very slim evidence.
Graham.
Quote:I dyed mine to match the brown yellow look thats in Mr. Sumners books. These seem to be the most common colors shown in original Roman depictions._________________
That is quite correct. Not just because it is in my book but because that it what the evidence appears to show with both cloaks of Paenula and Sagum type worn by all almost ranks in that colour. There is a suggestion that the yellow brown is a natural wool colour retaining the lanolins to help keep the cloak waterproof.
Red, white, blue and olive green cloak colours are also seen in Roman art but it is not really clear who wore what or why. One could argue that tribunes and officers of equestrian rank wore white cloaks at times but that is on very slim evidence.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
