02-23-2006, 04:15 PM
I agree with Favantianus. And, why exclude the possibility of hide or other substances that would have offered equal or better protection than the fabrics that have been proposed here?
There seems to be a mode of thinking that the Romans were unconcerned with protecting themselves, and, therefore, would not have attempted to make pteruges out of something that would have possessed defensive value.
There seems to be a mode of thinking that the Romans were unconcerned with protecting themselves, and, therefore, would not have attempted to make pteruges out of something that would have possessed defensive value.
"In war as in loving, you must always keep shoving." George S. Patton, Jr.