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Crests and Roman Soldiers
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Hi guys,
I was wondering about your thoughts and research on Roman soldiers wearing crest. I have read several(and I mean tons)of books on roman equipment and there always seems to be an argument whether or not the legionaries wore crest and when they wore them. there are lot of columns and reliefs show no crests on regular soldiers, but most(not all) Soldier helmets found have crest attachment hardware on them. Some research claims that they wore them during triumphs and parades in rome and other research says that absolutely no military equipment besides belts were allowed to be worn in Rome at anytime. It seems odd and silly to me that they would put the hardware on the helmets in hopes that one day they would be promoted, especially since you hear about soldiers being promoted to Optio or Centurians buying new equipment to fill the part.

I didn't find this topic doing a search, so if I reposted please link me to the right post.

Mike
Mike Young
<Always remember that there is always someone with a
bigger and better army who wants to be Emperor>
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Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Septimius - 08-11-2011, 11:10 PM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Septimius - 08-12-2011, 12:38 AM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by jkaler48 - 08-12-2011, 03:58 AM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Nathan Ross - 08-12-2011, 04:32 AM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Agrimensor - 08-12-2011, 11:26 AM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Septimius - 08-12-2011, 08:17 PM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Renatus - 08-14-2011, 10:07 PM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Jvrjenivs - 08-15-2011, 01:16 AM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Crispvs - 08-17-2011, 06:20 AM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Peroni - 08-19-2011, 06:57 PM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Mithras - 08-20-2011, 03:13 AM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Mithras - 08-20-2011, 03:16 AM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Robert Vermaat - 08-21-2011, 04:52 PM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by jbd_29349 - 09-05-2011, 04:00 AM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Virilis - 09-05-2011, 10:24 AM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Peroni - 09-05-2011, 04:21 PM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Peroni - 09-05-2011, 06:35 PM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by jbd_29349 - 09-06-2011, 12:51 AM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Virilis - 09-06-2011, 11:31 AM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Robert Vermaat - 09-06-2011, 08:00 PM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Virilis - 09-06-2011, 08:16 PM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Robert Vermaat - 09-08-2011, 11:57 AM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Robert Vermaat - 09-09-2011, 02:07 PM
Re: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by Virilis - 09-09-2011, 04:08 PM
RE: Crests and Roman Soldiers - by angus1235 - 08-27-2017, 04:35 PM

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