Optio’s staff

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I have used two different hastile in the field. One having a solid metal ball with the staff about 6 feet long, to my shoulders. The other had a wooden ball about the size of a soft ball, including ball, came to the same height as I am, about 6'8". I have found having the wooden ball hastile a lot more user fiendly for me to use. According to the older post and what has been said here the hollow metal ball makes a lot more sense!

I do find it funny that the there would have been a small ball on the inside of the hollow ball. It does make some sense, Roman helmets allow you to hear things but to a point it is still selective hearing.

I have also read some where that escapes me at the moment that other identifing marks of an optio is a ring and a wax tablet. The ring so he can sign tablets with orders and the tablet to write the orders of the day.