Roman sources of light

[SAJID]

Hello to all,
what kind used Roman sources of light at roman period and
during fight when roman army in field ?


with best regards-sajid

[Caratacus]

Basically, either oil lamps or tallow (animal fat) candles. We tried this in our museum a few years back. The tallow candles gave a very basic level of illumination, not much more than about one foot all around the person. You could just about see enough to be able to write something on a wax tablet but the corners of the room were in darkness. The oil lamp (using olive oil) was a bit better, but not much.

Mike Thomas

[Crispianus]

Oil Lamps with one to perhaps a dozen wicks and wax/tallow candles, a round glass globe or bottle/urn in front of the lamp amplifies the light... a shoe makers trick..... a single wick is not much use other then to find your way to bed by, but 10+ will give you more then enough light to work by

Lamps can be ceramic or metal and in a variety of designs, I favour shoe lamps.... mile:
lamps also exist with a frame holding clear panels probably made from horn or parchment...

https://www.ecosia.org/search/images/q/R...+lamp+shoe