09-02-2007, 06:40 PM
Hi Fabius,
thanks for sharing your progress on your 2nd century project. I'm looking for to read/see more of it!
FWIW, I accidentally just read:
Ubl, Hannsjörg. Wann verschwand der Dolch vom römischen Militärgürtel? (when did the dagger disappear from the Roman military belt?), in Carnap-Bornheim, C. von (ed.): Beiträge zu römischer und barbarischer Bewaffnung in den ersten vier nachchristlichen Jahrhunderten. Akten des 2. Internationalen Kolloquiums in Marburg a. d. Lahn, 20. bis 24. Februar 1994, Lublin/ Marburg, 137-44
and he thinks just the opposite, i.e. that the pugio continued to be in use until the beginning of the 3rd century. Many archeaologists/historians now seem to think that by the time when Kuenzing was actually destroyed, the daggers had already been out of use and collected and saved for reuse for quite a while.
thanks for sharing your progress on your 2nd century project. I'm looking for to read/see more of it!
Quote:What would not be appropriate with this kit however, is a pugio. There is VERY little evidence for their use in a military context during the second century AD. Pugiones do seem to make a re-appearance in the early third century AD but in a much larger form with a simpler type of sheath, as with the examples from Kunzing and Copthall Court.
FWIW, I accidentally just read:
Ubl, Hannsjörg. Wann verschwand der Dolch vom römischen Militärgürtel? (when did the dagger disappear from the Roman military belt?), in Carnap-Bornheim, C. von (ed.): Beiträge zu römischer und barbarischer Bewaffnung in den ersten vier nachchristlichen Jahrhunderten. Akten des 2. Internationalen Kolloquiums in Marburg a. d. Lahn, 20. bis 24. Februar 1994, Lublin/ Marburg, 137-44
and he thinks just the opposite, i.e. that the pugio continued to be in use until the beginning of the 3rd century. Many archeaologists/historians now seem to think that by the time when Kuenzing was actually destroyed, the daggers had already been out of use and collected and saved for reuse for quite a while.
Cheers,
Martin
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Martin
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Martin Moser
http://www.legio8augusta.de
Leatherwork Through the Ages Homepage
Leatherwork Through the Ages Facebook Page