10-01-2008, 06:03 PM
Buongiorno amici "Ars Dimicandi",
I think if you want to reconstruct fighting styles you have to use armor as close to the original as possible. I was always wondering where you got the idea from of the small shields of the provocatores which in my eyes resemble more medieval shield than ancient Roman ones.
Junkelmann says that the scuta of the provocatores might have been smaller than those of murmillones and secutores but not that small as you are using them. When looking at the frescoes, mosaics, reliefs etc. you see that the handle of a provocator scutum should be the same as that of a murmillo because they all have the shield boss in the middle, where the grip is.
Vale bene,
I think if you want to reconstruct fighting styles you have to use armor as close to the original as possible. I was always wondering where you got the idea from of the small shields of the provocatores which in my eyes resemble more medieval shield than ancient Roman ones.
Junkelmann says that the scuta of the provocatores might have been smaller than those of murmillones and secutores but not that small as you are using them. When looking at the frescoes, mosaics, reliefs etc. you see that the handle of a provocator scutum should be the same as that of a murmillo because they all have the shield boss in the middle, where the grip is.
Vale bene,
