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Republican era pugio suspension
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Good to hear it worked well for you.

"Perhaps individual preference?"

No - it is far more likely that it was because the Romans had a very conservative culture and were very traditionally minded. The Iberians they had originally adopted the pugio from seem to have suspended it in a variety of ways, making use of some or all of the suspension rings.

The Romans, by contrast, (by the time of the Battle of Pydna at least, to judge by the sculptural evidence) seem to have felt it best to hang it vertically from the waist. To do this they only needed to use the upper pair of rings, but because of their doggedly traditional mindset, they continued to produce sheaths in the same basic form as the Iberian originals, with four rings. That some at least of the workshops producing them knew already that the lower rings would be left unused is shown unequivocally by the Velson sheath, which had upper suspension rings made of iron, which were quite worn from usage, and lower suspension rings of silver, which though far softer (and thus more susceptible to wear) than the iron rings, were apparently entirely unworn from use.

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Republican era pugio suspension - by Marvin - 08-27-2015, 11:53 PM
Republican era pugio suspension - by Marvin - 08-28-2015, 05:44 PM
Republican era pugio suspension - by Crispvs - 08-31-2015, 12:19 AM
Republican era pugio suspension - by Marvin - 09-01-2015, 11:41 PM
Republican era pugio suspension - by Marvin - 09-02-2015, 11:37 PM
Republican era pugio suspension - by Marvin - 09-06-2015, 05:27 PM
RE: Republican era pugio suspension - by Crispvs - 01-22-2017, 11:27 PM

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