09-11-2008, 05:46 PM
The sword is easy enough to draw without a belt, however wearing a mail shirt without a belt is a total nightmare!
Simply, when you lean forward even slightly in un-belted mail the whole thing droops forward and gets in the way and puts the wearer off balance.
Are you saying Paul, that because it is carved in stone we should not question it? :wink:
Why do we find belt components from the early second century elsewhere then? I have some original belt plates in my own collection from the area.
I seriously doubt that just for the Dacian wars, they were not used. We see them on the Column as you pointed out earlier. There are depictions on the metopes of cavalrymen not wearing helmets, I don't think for a moment that any cavalryman would go into battle without a helmet do you? or Would you?
Simply, when you lean forward even slightly in un-belted mail the whole thing droops forward and gets in the way and puts the wearer off balance.
Quote:"Doubtful" ? Whatever do you mean by this? Surely you don't seriously think/suggest anyone today has a better idea of what these troops looked like than the Adamklissi sculptors!?
Are you saying Paul, that because it is carved in stone we should not question it? :wink:
Why do we find belt components from the early second century elsewhere then? I have some original belt plates in my own collection from the area.
I seriously doubt that just for the Dacian wars, they were not used. We see them on the Column as you pointed out earlier. There are depictions on the metopes of cavalrymen not wearing helmets, I don't think for a moment that any cavalryman would go into battle without a helmet do you? or Would you?
![[Image: smallparmarat.jpg]](http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b242/peronis/smallparmarat.jpg)
