06-02-2008, 01:08 AM
meaning... what? I am 5'10" Like I said, I was discussing it with Hibernicus and he said 46" to 49" which to my mind is to tall. I WAS thinking ca. 42" but I just don't know. I am talking 1st Cen. how big were the Auguston or Republican scuta?
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Alteris renumera duplum de quoquo tibi numeraverunt
"A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." -- Alexander Hamilton
"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.... But then I repeat myself." ~Mark Twain
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