08-23-2013, 04:19 AM
Quote:Surely the Romans traded in exotic hardwoods from places like South America and used these for hilts and scabbards etc.
It's a well-known fact that the Lost Legion that ended up in China carried swords sheathed in Honduras mahogany. Also, exotic woods were carried from Greenland by the Celts, then traded to the Romans... along with thousands of snakes from Ireland, to the point that both the Greenland trees and Irish snakes are now extinct. ;-)
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
