How To.. wear the Pugio and Gladius (belts, fasteners)

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That I do not dispute however from the fact that only one such stud was found in the Vindonissa case, it is not such an outrageous statement to suggest it may only have come from clothing.

No, it is not. It´s a methodological problem, though. If I start to look for evidence for an idea that I already have, I may find all kinds of things that fit my hypothesis. However, in such cases it is better to look at what the evidence supplies on information, and then deduce logical hypotheses from that. In this case the archaeological context suggests that these objects have something to do with swords and military use, other sources hint into the same direction. On the other hand, there is no sound reason to connect these objects with clothing. Or, at least, so far noone was able to really bring up unamabigious evidence to strengthen the hypothesis that these objects are cloak-fasteners.