03-24-2012, 10:12 AM
You misunderstood Draconis, Roman legionaries carried about 70+lbs of equipment on them. This includes armor, helmet, clothing, weapons, shield, entrenching tools, personal items such as cooking pans, wax tablets, canteens, toilet paper (sponge on a stick, 3 days worth of rations...
Watch this clip from approximately 0:26-1:06, this is what the 70lbs+ of gear looked like, carried in a net bag hanging from a pole, there were not actual backpacks like you are thinking of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzTt2uKUhYk
Watch this clip from approximately 0:26-1:06, this is what the 70lbs+ of gear looked like, carried in a net bag hanging from a pole, there were not actual backpacks like you are thinking of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzTt2uKUhYk
Quintus Furius Collatinus
-Matt
-Matt
