10-10-2006, 06:49 PM
Ars dimicandi have good things and bad things.
In the good things, some good research in roman fighting techniques. Or the system of replacing soldiers in battle at a centurio's order...etc
In the bad things, they shows a lack of respect about the work made for the other reenactors, and a obsessive tendence to get only the roman artistic depictions as a guide, and to forgot any arqueological evidence. Or even the artistics depictions out of the Italian country.
The obsesion for the leather segmentatas is a probe of that, and probably links with a very old italian traditional pont of view as how should have been a roman soldier. A tradition that probably begins at the XIV century, wit the Rinascimiento.
But, boys, now we are at XXI century, and have a lot of more information and research that our ancestors. :lol:
In the good things, some good research in roman fighting techniques. Or the system of replacing soldiers in battle at a centurio's order...etc
In the bad things, they shows a lack of respect about the work made for the other reenactors, and a obsessive tendence to get only the roman artistic depictions as a guide, and to forgot any arqueological evidence. Or even the artistics depictions out of the Italian country.
The obsesion for the leather segmentatas is a probe of that, and probably links with a very old italian traditional pont of view as how should have been a roman soldier. A tradition that probably begins at the XIV century, wit the Rinascimiento.
But, boys, now we are at XXI century, and have a lot of more information and research that our ancestors. :lol:
Cesar Pocinya
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ALA AUGUSTA
https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/115550981827499/
OFFICINA AVITIANA
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