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#31
04-05-2013, 05:58 PM
I'm not sure we can conclude that, Piotr. Most of the depictions of the optio show a round ball on the end of his hastile. What they don't show is what material from which the ball was made. My vote would be for carved wood, perhaps painted, but that's just opinion without evidence.
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#32
04-05-2013, 08:11 PM
I 'opted' for the brass ball! (You may just see it, small guy on the right is holding it!)
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#33
04-06-2013, 05:49 AM
That's a pretty tall berm behind you fellows! Take long to dig it?
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Is that a hame ball?
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04-06-2013, 01:40 PM
Naw....only an afternoon... 8)
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#35
04-06-2013, 07:53 PM
:!: :!:
You oilmen are stout workers, indeed!
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