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Fortifications What tools do you/ should you have?
#16
Why don't you contact len Morgan, or mark hatch, who is a member of this forum, Dave.
He might be able to help you on the Groma.
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
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#17
Quote:In the file is an article by me about roman surveying tools (in Dutch) but with pictures.
Good stuff Jos. :wink:
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
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#18
This a an old shot of some of them:

[Image: tools2.jpg]


Quote:Any chance of you guys posting more photos of the tools you're talking about? Big Grin
Paul Elliott

Legions in Crisis
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/17815...d_i=468294

Charting the Third Century military crisis - with a focus on the change in weapons and tactics.
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#19
Nice tools Mithras!
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
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#20
That turf cutter, is it sharp on both the concave and convex sides?
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)

Saepe veritas est dura.
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#21
It is a bit, yes, but based on an illustration from a Connelly book. So it is tricky to use your boot to push it in the ground ...

It works OK, though! I usually use it to de-turf an area for a firepit.
Paul Elliott

Legions in Crisis
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/17815...d_i=468294

Charting the Third Century military crisis - with a focus on the change in weapons and tactics.
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