08-07-2008, 10:01 AM
Salve,
1 Concerning the pilum you are right, our Republican pilum is not ready yet, Erik just have the Wood ready, and I am awaiting that he have time to forge the rest. This is a pilum I borrowed from my friends of LEGIO XXII because I had left my light pilum in my car and they had closed the parc gates...
I have the correct light pilum, and when I will have the correct heavy pilum I will gladly show it to you.
As far as the fastening is concerned it is a rather special lorica I tried to reproduce. We have found evidence, and it is quite clear from the artifacts of mails I have seen that a few republican mails where made on the linothorax system, with the shoulders holding the rest of the mail on the body (no double mail thickness on the shoulders). This also imply having a large leather band holding it on top of the breast, or the mail will fall down and not stay in place correctly.
I will gladly provide more info, but right now I am on vacation in the South of France, and the lorica and all documentation is back in Germany. I will come back home on the 26 of August. My memory is not as good as to remember precisely the documentation I used, and I know gentleman's that you expect precise informations.
If anybody want to see it in real, my next Roman event will be Augusta Raurica in Switzerland last week end of August.
1 Concerning the pilum you are right, our Republican pilum is not ready yet, Erik just have the Wood ready, and I am awaiting that he have time to forge the rest. This is a pilum I borrowed from my friends of LEGIO XXII because I had left my light pilum in my car and they had closed the parc gates...
I have the correct light pilum, and when I will have the correct heavy pilum I will gladly show it to you.
As far as the fastening is concerned it is a rather special lorica I tried to reproduce. We have found evidence, and it is quite clear from the artifacts of mails I have seen that a few republican mails where made on the linothorax system, with the shoulders holding the rest of the mail on the body (no double mail thickness on the shoulders). This also imply having a large leather band holding it on top of the breast, or the mail will fall down and not stay in place correctly.
I will gladly provide more info, but right now I am on vacation in the South of France, and the lorica and all documentation is back in Germany. I will come back home on the 26 of August. My memory is not as good as to remember precisely the documentation I used, and I know gentleman's that you expect precise informations.
If anybody want to see it in real, my next Roman event will be Augusta Raurica in Switzerland last week end of August.
AEMILIANVS / Jean-Luc
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Everybody thought it was impossible, then came an idiot that didn\'\'t know about it and made it !!! :wink: <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt=":wink:" title="Wink" />:wink:
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