10-01-2011, 03:05 AM
Dear all,
I was wondering whether anyone knows a good (but affordable) equipment for the mid-republic (say, the later stages of the Second Punic War down to the Numentine War). I'l leave the hamata aside for now, due to budget restraints, but hope to invest into one at a later date.
1) I've just ordered a DSC Montefortino with feather crest at Armamentaria, and am looking forward to it arriving, but have had little luck with other equipment so far.
2) Scutum: I've got a Depeeka AH3877 Republican Scutum which seems to approach the real thing (it does seem to conform to Polybius' dimensions), although I've seen a similar shield by DSC at Armamentaria, and would be interested in a comparison. If the AH3877 is reasonably acceptable, I was wondering what it would take for someone with no experience to add metal borders, as described by Polybius, to the upper and lower rims.
3) Swords: I've found two possibilities online, the first being Depeeka's AH4228 (e.g. at Armae http://www.armae.com/antiquite/11antiquitecadre.htm) presented briefly elsewhere on this board as Caesarian, so too late, assuming there was no major stagnation between the two periods. The problem is the same with the other republican gladii I could find, Depeeka's AH4215 (e.g. at http://www.history-revisited.de/detail/i...-typ-delos a), also discussed before (http://www.ancient-warfare.org/rat.html?...0&start=40).
4) Pilum: AH3526N seems to be the only one without a ball-weight I can find. Were these used during the time period under consideration? I've read somewhere that the earlier pila did not have pyramid heads, but I might be wrong here.
5) Pugio: I keep reading that the pugiones came in fashion by the late Republic and early Augustan period. Would this mean that most men would not have worn pugiones at, say, Pydna - or simply that we lack the evidence that they did and how these looked?
Many thanks for the answers, and to all other people who want as questions or provided information about the reenactment of the mid-Republican period, please tell!
I was wondering whether anyone knows a good (but affordable) equipment for the mid-republic (say, the later stages of the Second Punic War down to the Numentine War). I'l leave the hamata aside for now, due to budget restraints, but hope to invest into one at a later date.
1) I've just ordered a DSC Montefortino with feather crest at Armamentaria, and am looking forward to it arriving, but have had little luck with other equipment so far.
2) Scutum: I've got a Depeeka AH3877 Republican Scutum which seems to approach the real thing (it does seem to conform to Polybius' dimensions), although I've seen a similar shield by DSC at Armamentaria, and would be interested in a comparison. If the AH3877 is reasonably acceptable, I was wondering what it would take for someone with no experience to add metal borders, as described by Polybius, to the upper and lower rims.
3) Swords: I've found two possibilities online, the first being Depeeka's AH4228 (e.g. at Armae http://www.armae.com/antiquite/11antiquitecadre.htm) presented briefly elsewhere on this board as Caesarian, so too late, assuming there was no major stagnation between the two periods. The problem is the same with the other republican gladii I could find, Depeeka's AH4215 (e.g. at http://www.history-revisited.de/detail/i...-typ-delos a), also discussed before (http://www.ancient-warfare.org/rat.html?...0&start=40).
4) Pilum: AH3526N seems to be the only one without a ball-weight I can find. Were these used during the time period under consideration? I've read somewhere that the earlier pila did not have pyramid heads, but I might be wrong here.
5) Pugio: I keep reading that the pugiones came in fashion by the late Republic and early Augustan period. Would this mean that most men would not have worn pugiones at, say, Pydna - or simply that we lack the evidence that they did and how these looked?
Many thanks for the answers, and to all other people who want as questions or provided information about the reenactment of the mid-Republican period, please tell!
M. Caecilius M.f. Maxentius - Max C.
Qui vincit non est victor nisi victus fatetur
- Q. Ennius, Annales, Frag. XXXI, 493
Secretary of the Ricciacus Frënn (http://www.ricciacus.lu/)
Qui vincit non est victor nisi victus fatetur
- Q. Ennius, Annales, Frag. XXXI, 493
Secretary of the Ricciacus Frënn (http://www.ricciacus.lu/)
