07-26-2007, 04:20 PM
Salve, all. I'm still new to the Roman reenacting / living history game, and so that what better place to ask what I hope is a simple question.
I'm creating a auxiliary archer impression (the screen name sort of gives that away, eh?), and am thinking of the character being a Germanic type who decided to enlist for all those nice bennies, such as regular meals and citizenship.
As much as I have tried, I can't seem to figure out what kind of knives / daggers were in common use by Germanic peoples 2000 years ago. The seax, as cool a weapon as it is, seems not to have been in use that far back (but not being an expert on edge weapons, I may be very ignorant here), but there must have been some proto-seax of some sort? All this is to say, I want something a bit different than the Pugio, but what?
So, what do you folks think about my knife dilemma? Thanks in advance!
I'm creating a auxiliary archer impression (the screen name sort of gives that away, eh?), and am thinking of the character being a Germanic type who decided to enlist for all those nice bennies, such as regular meals and citizenship.
As much as I have tried, I can't seem to figure out what kind of knives / daggers were in common use by Germanic peoples 2000 years ago. The seax, as cool a weapon as it is, seems not to have been in use that far back (but not being an expert on edge weapons, I may be very ignorant here), but there must have been some proto-seax of some sort? All this is to say, I want something a bit different than the Pugio, but what?
So, what do you folks think about my knife dilemma? Thanks in advance!
Dane Donato
Legio III Cyrenaica
Legio III Cyrenaica
