06-16-2012, 03:43 AM
Hi all
This thread started out as a very promising articale on trousers used by the Roman Imperial Army. All of a sudden it jumped into "these are the only type of trousers one can wear" type thread. The above links and comments are very educational and informative but i think that when one reads them one is under the impression that trousers can only be made to the above said specs. This i have an issue with.
As a legionary stuck in the the "bowels" of the Empire where the weather at best is bad,i think one would improvise and do anything to keep warm...ie make one's own trousers even out of old blankets for example.
Yes we have surviving items that provide excellent resource's for reconstruction, but...but...is this correct for the tens of thousands of troops disperesed over thousands of miles?
A hand stiched pair of trousers made out of an old blanket could be as accurate as the existing examples above, but just has not been found yet.
All i'm saying is that the Empire was very very big and existing examples are very very rare....absence of evidence....blah blah blah....i hate that phrase.
Kevin
This thread started out as a very promising articale on trousers used by the Roman Imperial Army. All of a sudden it jumped into "these are the only type of trousers one can wear" type thread. The above links and comments are very educational and informative but i think that when one reads them one is under the impression that trousers can only be made to the above said specs. This i have an issue with.
As a legionary stuck in the the "bowels" of the Empire where the weather at best is bad,i think one would improvise and do anything to keep warm...ie make one's own trousers even out of old blankets for example.
Yes we have surviving items that provide excellent resource's for reconstruction, but...but...is this correct for the tens of thousands of troops disperesed over thousands of miles?
A hand stiched pair of trousers made out of an old blanket could be as accurate as the existing examples above, but just has not been found yet.
All i'm saying is that the Empire was very very big and existing examples are very very rare....absence of evidence....blah blah blah....i hate that phrase.
Kevin
Kevin
