11-24-2007, 12:03 AM
Can a Mainz Galdius be worn with a baldric.
To my knowledge there is no sculptural evidence suggesting this. However, if the Mainz Gladii were still in service in the mid first century or later, then a baldric could have been used since the double belt idea was theoretically phased out by the above time.
Although it stands to reason that what the tombstones suggest is that at some point there were two belts then one and then one with a baldric, I think it would have been a matter of personal taste; how do I want my galdius or pugio to be attached.
The gross assumptions made from sculpture are instances where certain individuals are depicted. I know what some of you are thinking which is that what I am suggesting is a hypothesis or a theory.
However, by profession I am a chemist and this sort of thing happens; an educated guess based on facts yields to possibilites that are in fact plausible.
Paolo
To my knowledge there is no sculptural evidence suggesting this. However, if the Mainz Gladii were still in service in the mid first century or later, then a baldric could have been used since the double belt idea was theoretically phased out by the above time.
Although it stands to reason that what the tombstones suggest is that at some point there were two belts then one and then one with a baldric, I think it would have been a matter of personal taste; how do I want my galdius or pugio to be attached.
The gross assumptions made from sculpture are instances where certain individuals are depicted. I know what some of you are thinking which is that what I am suggesting is a hypothesis or a theory.
However, by profession I am a chemist and this sort of thing happens; an educated guess based on facts yields to possibilites that are in fact plausible.
Paolo
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