Did Auxiliaries ever encase their shields in leather ?

[Theodosius the Great]

Avete,

Is there any evidence Auxiliaries followed the practice of their legionary counterparts of encasing their shields in protective leather while marching ?

[LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS]

Salve

I think many of the leather-covers finded was in auxiliary forts.

So the answer is YES.

[derek forrest]

The same criteria apply. Without covers rain is bad news

[Tarbicus]

As a related aside, didn't Caesar once mention that his men once had to defend themselves from an attack so quickly that they didn't have time to remove the covers from their helmets, as well as their shields?

Cheers.

[Peroni]

The clipaeus covers were found at Valkenburg.

Carol Van Driel-Murray puublished the findings IIRC.


Regards,

[Theodosius the Great]

The same criteria apply. Without covers rain is bad news

True, but the Late Romans seem to have dropped this practice. I thought maybe there was something about round shields that made it impracticable :roll: . But I guess there isn't.

Late Romans used wagons to transport their shields while marching. I guess they were sick of being "Marius' mules" :lol: .

[Sassanid]

An auxiliary shield cover was also found at Hardknott Roman fort in Eskdale, Cumbria. It was built somewhere between 120 and 138AD

Andrew

[Vlad the Impala]

I think that there may be more physical evidence of 'auxiliary' shield covers than 'legionary'