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how do you: late roman baldric
#1
ok guys, anyone got the scoop on making a late roman baldic? how long the wider leather needs to be, how the smaller leather piece attaches, how it opens to incompass the sword etc?> pictures?

please?
Tiberius Claudius Lupus

Chuck Russell
Keyser,WV, USA
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#2
How 'late?'

ThirdC baldrics are around 4-5cm wide at the decorative end, narrowing to a simple leather thong to tie to the back of the phalera. 4thC baldrics seem to be narrow for the entire length (1-2cm?). In the Late Period waist belts are also seen, alongside baldrics.
~ Paul Elliott

The Last Legionary
This book details the lives of Late Roman legionaries garrisoned in Britain in 400AD. It covers everything from battle to rations, camp duties to clothing.
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#3
u know, i reaaaaaaaaly need to nail down that date eh? hehehe.
i like the wide belts and baldrics and the simple Intercisa helmet and the tunics and heheh hmmm. damn now i gotta go research again Wink
Tiberius Claudius Lupus

Chuck Russell
Keyser,WV, USA
[url:em57ti3w]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/flonzy/Roman/index.htm[/url]
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