02-03-2010, 06:50 PM
Alanus,
I appologise for my linguistic mistake... The name in contempory Brythonic was Arthuis, in Welsh Arthwys, and in Latin Artorius. :lol: And as for the Scutarii Aureliaci I was sceptical too, but google the unit's name and you'll find some good info in the third link from the top.
PS. Arthuis' grandfather was Coel Hen, the last Dux Britannium.
And here is something interesting... in the Welsh poem Pa Gur Bedwyr was said to weild a 'four pronged spear' and Scandanavian sagas of the Arthurian era speak of 'four sided mail piercing weapons'. All this seems to point to an armour piercing spear which used a pyramid of iron as the tip. An interesting fact is that Bedwyr was said to be one handed, meaning that it couldn't be the famous Contos. Any thoughts on what it was like? Could any reenactors try it out and post the pictures here?
I appologise for my linguistic mistake... The name in contempory Brythonic was Arthuis, in Welsh Arthwys, and in Latin Artorius. :lol: And as for the Scutarii Aureliaci I was sceptical too, but google the unit's name and you'll find some good info in the third link from the top.
PS. Arthuis' grandfather was Coel Hen, the last Dux Britannium.
And here is something interesting... in the Welsh poem Pa Gur Bedwyr was said to weild a 'four pronged spear' and Scandanavian sagas of the Arthurian era speak of 'four sided mail piercing weapons'. All this seems to point to an armour piercing spear which used a pyramid of iron as the tip. An interesting fact is that Bedwyr was said to be one handed, meaning that it couldn't be the famous Contos. Any thoughts on what it was like? Could any reenactors try it out and post the pictures here?
Nicholas
