03-06-2015, 02:46 PM
Ignore the idea of a sleeved tunic. The tunics which survive do not exhibit sleeves and the papyri which list orders for clothing specify dimensions which do not appear to include sleeves either. If your tunic is as wide as most actual tunics, it will form sleeves naturally when belted.
For a helmet I think you would be better advised to get an Imperial Gallic 'A' as I think someone has already suggested, or a Coolus 'B' or 'C'
For a shield, you could either go for the long oval scutum which we know was in use during Polybius' time, or the shorter version with curving sides and straight top and bottom, as we do not know when the change from one type to the other took place. Guesses range from 106BC, when Marius decided his soldiers should stop using baggage animals and carry all their own kit, to 23BC when Augustus made his second settlement with the Roman people and established a permanent professional army funded by a 4% tax, the state committing to supply all equipment.
Crispvs
For a helmet I think you would be better advised to get an Imperial Gallic 'A' as I think someone has already suggested, or a Coolus 'B' or 'C'
For a shield, you could either go for the long oval scutum which we know was in use during Polybius' time, or the shorter version with curving sides and straight top and bottom, as we do not know when the change from one type to the other took place. Guesses range from 106BC, when Marius decided his soldiers should stop using baggage animals and carry all their own kit, to 23BC when Augustus made his second settlement with the Roman people and established a permanent professional army funded by a 4% tax, the state committing to supply all equipment.
Crispvs
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