Baldric construction

[Tim Edwards]

I think what Brian is actually referring to is a belt plate from Chichester, not Silchester.

I have pictures, which I posted last time this topic came up. I'd be happy to do so again, but probably better to refer back to that thread:

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I wholly subscribe to the Crispus' article on the carriage of weapons. I have changed my own baldric having read it. I now have a very snappy scarlet baldric with stitched edges and tinned studs, which buckles through the top two rings of my gladius scabbard.

I expect that we will soon see more evidence to support Cripus' hypothesis from the next ROMEC, judging from the current abstracts. There are several early principate military burials from eastern Europe which include substantial military panopolies, we should soon be able to see if any more buckles have been found alongside swords.