The Draco standard

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I think my comments are valid in that the argument that the Draco was used as a windsock in order that those firing bows could determine where the wind directin was is not sustainable in light of the fact that both infantry and cavalry used them, even by 'barbarian' tribes north of the Rhine and Danube as well as by Stepe adnd Eastern Armies such as the Sasanids. Why would the Romans adopt a device and then not use it for its orignal purpose? To be this is the main reason I just do not feel the Draco was used by any nation as a wind direction determining device. In any case, it would lose this very function when the person holding the standard started to move, windsocks have to be stationary to be effective!