04-04-2004, 08:02 AM
Well agit8, perhaps Vincula has expressed it somewhat rudely but the question is:<br>
1-You cannot find axes like that depicted on Roman statues, reliefs, frescoes... except maybe on one of those weird spolia reliefs<br>
2-Axes like that have not been recovered from Roman archaeological contexts.<br>
3-Of course Roman used axes, lots of kinds of them but, as far as we know, none of them were like the one you've shown us.<br>
4-If I were you, I wouldn't spend a dime buying that 'Roman war axe'<br>
5- The axes (dolabrae) used by roman soldiers to defend tthemselves as a last resort were tools, not weapons, and looked more like pickaxes, you can buy them, for instance, from any of Deepeeka dealers...<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=aitoririarte>Aitor Iriarte</A> at: 4/4/04 10:05 am<br></i>
1-You cannot find axes like that depicted on Roman statues, reliefs, frescoes... except maybe on one of those weird spolia reliefs<br>
2-Axes like that have not been recovered from Roman archaeological contexts.<br>
3-Of course Roman used axes, lots of kinds of them but, as far as we know, none of them were like the one you've shown us.<br>
4-If I were you, I wouldn't spend a dime buying that 'Roman war axe'<br>
5- The axes (dolabrae) used by roman soldiers to defend tthemselves as a last resort were tools, not weapons, and looked more like pickaxes, you can buy them, for instance, from any of Deepeeka dealers...<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=aitoririarte>Aitor Iriarte</A> at: 4/4/04 10:05 am<br></i>
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