Making Pteruges (or at least trying to make Pteruges!)

[Tarbicus]

what I am saying is that most did not, mostly due to the cost and time consuming method of making them. Armor being the more important purchase.

This has cropped up before as well, and assumes there was a rationing of resources, and that after equipping a legionary with expensive helmet, armour, greaves, manica (note none of the TC soldiers have those last two, yet are found in the archaeological record), scutum, gladius, pugio, belt, sending them hundreds of miles and maintaining them there for a campaign, suddenly it's "Whooaaaaa! we can't possibly add pteryges, it'll break the bank! The Empire will be ruined!".

Adamklissi is in Dacia, Trajan's Column is in Italy. Adamklissi shows an abundant variety of equipment worn, whereas TC shows complete and utter uniformity amongst the legionaries. I'm sure I can even see the same heads repeated :wink: