12-26-2006, 02:38 PM
Salve,
I was wondering wheter it would be correct to wear two crossed belts (one for the pugio and one for the gladius) with wide beltplates (about 5cm)? When I see the two belt system reconstructed it's always done with two narrow belts and never with two wide belts.
I know in Augustan times narrow belts and beltplates were most common but what in the last quarter of the 1st century AD?
We know from grave stèles that the two belt system was still used in this period and most beltplates from this period are wide. Hence my question
What do you all think?
Vale,
I was wondering wheter it would be correct to wear two crossed belts (one for the pugio and one for the gladius) with wide beltplates (about 5cm)? When I see the two belt system reconstructed it's always done with two narrow belts and never with two wide belts.
I know in Augustan times narrow belts and beltplates were most common but what in the last quarter of the 1st century AD?
We know from grave stèles that the two belt system was still used in this period and most beltplates from this period are wide. Hence my question
What do you all think?
Vale,
