12-14-2014, 04:03 PM
In that case it is more likely that you can have a wool Paenula cloak which can, as I mentioned previously, be used with an under paenula and possibly evan an over paenula as well. It is suggested that the reason most depictions show these cloaks in a yellow brown colour is that were a natural un-dyed wool which therefore retained the lanolin and made them waterproof.
The image above does not look like leather to me but there may have have been leather versions. The only cloak I know in leather is a type made from pieces, found in a Danish bog and presumably not a Roman type as such. All finds so far of paenula type cloaks are wool.
If you want more information on cloaks and clothing there is always my book 'Roman Military Dress'.
If all else fails stay in the turret or better still the barracks!
I hope this helps.
Graham.
The image above does not look like leather to me but there may have have been leather versions. The only cloak I know in leather is a type made from pieces, found in a Danish bog and presumably not a Roman type as such. All finds so far of paenula type cloaks are wool.
If you want more information on cloaks and clothing there is always my book 'Roman Military Dress'.
If all else fails stay in the turret or better still the barracks!
I hope this helps.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
