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Matthew Amt Offline

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02-13-2009, 05:13 PM

Yes, and the name is femEnalia, with an E, not an I. From "femen" meaning "thigh", NOT "femina" meaning "woman". I have a feeling that much of the hype of "Romans thought pants were girly" is due to the common mis-spelling...

Trousers are certainly nice things to have in cold weather, but they aren't necessarily essential. Before such things were invented, people did fine with tunics and leggings, and leggings were already known to the Romans.

Riding a horse is probably a different story, but I'm infantry!

Valete,

Matthew

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feminalia - by Lucius Rabirius - 02-12-2009, 11:25 PM

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Re: feminalia - by Nihonius Legio - 02-13-2009, 03:20 PM

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Re: feminalia - by Sallustius Metellus - 02-13-2009, 04:10 PM