12-12-2008, 11:37 PM
Another thing -a reconstruction painting or drawing, even if it was painted by someone like Graham Sumner or Peter Connolly *never* counts as evidence and should therefore not be cited as such.
I have never argued against the 'cowboy' of wearing weapon belts - it is far too well attested for anyone to suggest it was not done like that by many soldiers, but that does not change the fact that pugiones are always shown hanging vertically (except in a few examples where the soldier is shown pulling his weapons outwards from his body [to better display them?] and the celebrated case of Minucius Lorianus). However, I will have a look in Robinson when I get home and will report back when I am online again on Monday.
If you do find another example of a horizontal pugio please do let me know. I may speak with some authority on this matter but I am never too old to learn something new.
Crispvs
I have never argued against the 'cowboy' of wearing weapon belts - it is far too well attested for anyone to suggest it was not done like that by many soldiers, but that does not change the fact that pugiones are always shown hanging vertically (except in a few examples where the soldier is shown pulling his weapons outwards from his body [to better display them?] and the celebrated case of Minucius Lorianus). However, I will have a look in Robinson when I get home and will report back when I am online again on Monday.
If you do find another example of a horizontal pugio please do let me know. I may speak with some authority on this matter but I am never too old to learn something new.
Crispvs
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