Segmentata Advice

[Marcus Velius Avitus]

The only thing I would add is this - I think people have the misconception that everything that came froma Roman craftsman was of exquisite quality. We have this "Hollywood" concept that everything produced by the Romans was made to modern machine-made precision standards. Nothing could be further from the truth. The archaeological record does nto indicate this. When you look at Roman artifacts, it is obvious that they were hand-crafted. I have actually heard people comment "Wow it looks so crude, I expected it to be...nicer, coming from the ancient Romans". Granted there is a difference between "nicely hand-crafted" and "ugly as home-made sin".... Anybody concerned with their own ability to make a nice reproductions needs to remember this though. It does not have to be perfect to be authentic.