Lorica Dogmentata????

[Peroni]

I was browsing ebay (as we all do from time to time) and found SEGMENTED DOG ARMOUR! Bizarre! hock:

Apparently you can also buy greaves/vambraces for your war dog!!

The poor pooch doesn't look too impressed by it though! lol: :lol:

[mcbishop]

I was browsing ebay (as we all do from time to time) and found SEGMENTED DOG ARMOUR! Bizarre! hock:

I'm fairly certain that's a Pawbridge A... ;-)

Mike Bishop

[Matt Lukes]

OH man... :lol: And I thought sweaters for dogs was bad... there are some weird people out there

[Robert Vermaat]

Cave Canvm!! hock:

[Peroni]

I'm fairly certain that's a Pawbridge A... ;-) )

:lol: :lol: :lol: Bad enough pun to laugh heartily at Mike!

[LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS]

OH! Finally we found a LEATHER SEGMENTATA! :lol: :lol:

[M. Demetrius]

Hey, wait a minute! That dog doesn't look like the Wardogs on Rome, Total War! I think we need to convene an Authenticity Council of Wise Fussy Critics to rant endlessly on the archeological evidence supporting or denying the center post buckle on Dogmentata.
I know RTW is not wrong on this, because those dogs work well with a cavalry backup, and we all know that Romans used cavalry as a backup, and that the dogs still fight on when their handlers are out of earshot. (And ooooh do they eat up falxmen and naked fanatics!)

:lol:

[Celer]

Salve,

Believe it or not, an excavation at an Anglo Saxon site in Suffolk somewhere dug up a number of carefully buried dog skeletons, which were aparrently the same in size and shape as the Staffie (the dog-model above). Maybe there is something in the choice of mut afterall!

Celer.

[Lepidina]

There is a set of dog armor at the Higgins in Worchester, MA. It's Renaissance I think but for a smaller dog, like a beagle, and not a mastif.

Personally, I'm holding out hope for the war budgie!!!

[Cornelius Quintus]

Ave omnes,

the 'dogmentata' - WOW :lol: :lol: :lol:

But what would a four legged auxiliary wear?

Right - a hare-mata...

http://www.onlinepictures.de/2/?img=Har ... a23jpg.jpg

[Susanne]

So this is what the Roman War Dog looked like...
I'm pretty sure we'll be seeing a war dog modification for RTW inspired by this picture to be created in the near future.

[Robert Vermaat]

And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;

[M. Demetrius]

Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war

Er, in this case, wouldn't it be "...let slip the PUPS of war?"

[A_Volpe]

"There is a set of dog armor at the Higgins in Worchester, MA. It's Renaissance I think but for a smaller dog, like a beagle, and not a mastif."

Actually it's Worcester MA, no H. And pronounced "Woostah" - Mass'ers don't pronounce our "R's"

We do indeed have this armor on display, it's currently in the entrance lobby. I don't remember the date, I'll check next time I'm there, although I suspect it is Renaissance, 1500-1600 era.

We've affectionately named him "Helmutt", and it is a Beagle.

actually, here's a picture of him from the Museum website:
[url:2pmp1x0b]http://www.higgins.org/Research/hunting.shtml[/url]

...as the quote says, 16th century - reconstruction

When he was in what was the Hunting Gallery (now under renovation), there was a picture of a hunting scene showing a Boar hunter on horseback with a boar-spear and hunting dogs/boarhounds with padded jackets (brigantine?)

If we could get a nickle for each time someone thought he was a "war dog", we'd have a very nice budget wink: