01-20-2007, 12:11 AM
I was just promoted to the rank of Optio Centuriae and was wondering what kind of equipment an optio would wear and carry.
I know that some of the defining features of an optio was the front-to-back crest, and feathers on either side. He also carried a hastile to keep the men in line during battle.
I am asking would he wear a segmentata, squamata, hamata, would he wear greaves/greave, would his subarmalis have ptergis. Would he have torc/torcs or even armillae? Is their any historical evidence out there?
Oh, first century early second century AD.
I know that some of the defining features of an optio was the front-to-back crest, and feathers on either side. He also carried a hastile to keep the men in line during battle.
I am asking would he wear a segmentata, squamata, hamata, would he wear greaves/greave, would his subarmalis have ptergis. Would he have torc/torcs or even armillae? Is their any historical evidence out there?
Oh, first century early second century AD.
Joshua B. Davis
Marius Agorius Donatus Minius Germanicus
Optio Centuriae
Legio VI FFC, Cohors Flavus
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"Do or do not do, their is no try!" Yoda
Marius Agorius Donatus Minius Germanicus
Optio Centuriae
Legio VI FFC, Cohors Flavus
[url:vat9d7f9]http://legvi.tripod.com[/url]
"Do or do not do, their is no try!" Yoda