11-17-2008, 05:18 PM
Byron,
Seeing as I am the one who has been trying to encourage people to be equipped for cold weather for the last three or four years it pleases me to see that a number of member of the group are now thinking about cold weather kit. However, if Lucius' trousers went missing then I am sorry for his material loss bu the fact that he was not wearing them is fine with me. The present terminus anti quem for legionaries in Femenalia is the Trajan's first Dacian campaign, forty to fifty years AFTER the period the rest of our kit marks us out as portraying. Therefore he should not have been wearing them in the first place and neither should you have been.
If you read my article on cold weather clothing (which is based on research rather than modern conceptions of 'common sense') you will see that there are perfectly adequate ways to stop youself getting cold which the Romans certainly used, which have been tested by myself and others and found to be perfectly adequate for the job. If you expect to be cold then put on two woollen tunics, as the Roman would have done. Again, if you think you might be cold, put on (accurate) socks and / or lower leg coverings. You will be amazed at the difference they make. Don't resort to trousers, even if you have paid someone to make some for you - there is simply no evidence for their use by the common soldiery in our period. Maybe in a year's time some evidence will turn up for their use in the mid first century. If it does I shall be very pleased. Until that time however, wearing trousers is the equivilent of wearing a modern kevlar helmet with a set of World War Two battle dress and should be avoided.
Crispvs
Seeing as I am the one who has been trying to encourage people to be equipped for cold weather for the last three or four years it pleases me to see that a number of member of the group are now thinking about cold weather kit. However, if Lucius' trousers went missing then I am sorry for his material loss bu the fact that he was not wearing them is fine with me. The present terminus anti quem for legionaries in Femenalia is the Trajan's first Dacian campaign, forty to fifty years AFTER the period the rest of our kit marks us out as portraying. Therefore he should not have been wearing them in the first place and neither should you have been.
If you read my article on cold weather clothing (which is based on research rather than modern conceptions of 'common sense') you will see that there are perfectly adequate ways to stop youself getting cold which the Romans certainly used, which have been tested by myself and others and found to be perfectly adequate for the job. If you expect to be cold then put on two woollen tunics, as the Roman would have done. Again, if you think you might be cold, put on (accurate) socks and / or lower leg coverings. You will be amazed at the difference they make. Don't resort to trousers, even if you have paid someone to make some for you - there is simply no evidence for their use by the common soldiery in our period. Maybe in a year's time some evidence will turn up for their use in the mid first century. If it does I shall be very pleased. Until that time however, wearing trousers is the equivilent of wearing a modern kevlar helmet with a set of World War Two battle dress and should be avoided.
Crispvs
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