05-22-2006, 04:48 PM
Quote:Or perhaps a republishing of all articles and papers on helmets under one volume. It gets really frustrating at times. :roll:
And most importantly, it should be available as a purchasable and downloadable PDF file. It drives me absolutely potty. :evil: The same with swords and shields.
Ave Tarbicus,
Great idea! What’s about a ‘self-developing’ source guide, similar to this deepeeka forum?
No ‘consumer guide’, but a collection of resources to Roman equipment. A single topic for each item (sub classified in armor, weapons, tools and ‘miscellaneous / unknown classification’). So everyone could add photographs, drawings (if not colliding with copyright), links, books or articles to that item (full tile, author, publisher, year, ISBN and page number), museum or private collection, where it is exhibited, own descriptions/comments of the item, pointing out the essential features.
The combined ‘virtual knowledge’ and collection of books, articles, photos or even originals of all RAT members should be gigantic. Unfortunately, each one only disposing his own piece of the cake, and has to start his own ‘research from scratch’, when information to a special item is needed. Such a database could save a lot of search-engine time (and sometimes help to find the right page or photograph in your own vast collection at home..)
Frequently, someone might copy all together as a download able pdf-file.
Greetings from germania incognita
Heiko (Cornelius Quintus)
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
Heiko (Cornelius Quintus)
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?