Speculator

[Arminius Primus]

Ave Fratres,

Ran the RAT search function on 'Speculator"...... as always with technology , I got a lot of information but not exactly what I was looking for. My guess is that there is probably a Speculator expert somewhere within the RAT community.

OK , here goes! How were the Speculatores armed and uniformed. My belief is that they served in a mounted function , so would they have looked more like a trooper from a cavalry Ala?

Would they have cavalry type weapons or a standard gladius?

Since they had a scouting and tactical intelligence reporting function would they look more like an armed civilian....or am I confusing that function with the Frumentarius?

Does any of our recreated Legions field a Speculator? If so how do you portray him?

Any help here greatly appreciated, as always references appreciated, German and English are ok . Our school latin can carry us a bit but not far.

Regards from a very stormy Balkans, The Lightning strikes have played Hob with our computer systems and my office windows leak. But other than that .........

Regards from Scupi, Arminius Primus aka Al