04-27-2011, 12:14 PM
May be it's a stupid question, but isn't it much harder (more tiresome, if that's the correct word) to hold your spear overarm than it is to hold it underarm? The statements Mr. Wink makes in this article are about the hasta, but nevertheless... http://romanarmy.net/hasta.htm
Also, I see a difference in the overarm use depictions: I can't explain very well, but the way the soldiers hold their fist is different in the photograph of Robert and the vase depictions George/Macedon posted.
Would these be used both? Or is it this you're talking about as "heroic depiction"?
Also, I see a difference in the overarm use depictions: I can't explain very well, but the way the soldiers hold their fist is different in the photograph of Robert and the vase depictions George/Macedon posted.
Would these be used both? Or is it this you're talking about as "heroic depiction"?
Valete,
Titvs Statilivs Castvs - Sander Van Daele
LEG XI CPF
COH VII RAET EQ (part of LEG XI CPF)
MA in History
Titvs Statilivs Castvs - Sander Van Daele
LEG XI CPF
COH VII RAET EQ (part of LEG XI CPF)
MA in History
