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Oi... New, and Where to Start?
#16
Quote:What was the purpose of the apron?

Quote: Bling and jingle!

I'm still convinced it was to hide the nether regions when sat down. Put your tunic on and sit down in front of a mirror with legs spread - you'll see what I mean :wink:
TARBICvS/Jim Bowers
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#17
That's an interesting idea.. is that based on any references or just what's more than likely?
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#18
Can you guys tell me when the legionaires startet to use a shoulder-strap to carry their Gladius insted of a second belt?
Lunico/ Megan H.
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#19
A lot of people say sometime after Julius Caesar's day, and into Augustus, some put it a little later, and no doubt there was some overlap of older soldiers keeping their own way, and such as that.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)

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#20
I don't know of much evidence for the use of baldrics for sword suspension by Roman soldiers much earlier than the mid first century AD. Suspension on waist belts however, continued at least until the late AD70s, on the evidence of the Herculaneum soldier. There are various possible ways you could attach a sword scabbard to a waist belt. You could pass a small strap or thong through the four suspension rings and then secure it at the rear of the belt, or alternatively, you could use a pair of 'button/loop fasteners', as there is fairly clear evidence that they were used on pairs to attach swords to belts. A mid first century AD sword from Idria was found with two of these and a sword from Vindonissa was also associated with one.

If you decide to go for a baldric instead, don't make it too long and make sure it does not have a fastener on the strap. Sword baldrics do not need fasteners and the ones commonly used by re-enactors are actually strap fasteners from horse hasrnesses!
See my short article here:
http://www.romanarmy.net/artweapons.htm
It needs a small amount of updating but covers a number of aspects of weapons carriage.

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