08-25-2009, 03:59 AM
Soitenly! (nuk, nuk, nuk) :lol:
I get a kick out of the Roman perspective. Long-sleeved tunics and trousers were "sissy stuff" in the time of Augustus. It was a long chain of events-- tracing back to the Sogdians, then the Alans, then to the East Germans-- that brought boots, trousers, long sleeves, even the beret and pill-box hat, into the Roman world.
Let's face it. Before the barbarians introduced "tailor-made" clothing, the Romans were wearing rectangular pieces of cloth while tripping over black slaves. On the other hand, barbarian clothes made it all the way to cowboy boots, Levi trousers, the Green Berets, and Jackie Kennedy's hats. :lol:
I get a kick out of the Roman perspective. Long-sleeved tunics and trousers were "sissy stuff" in the time of Augustus. It was a long chain of events-- tracing back to the Sogdians, then the Alans, then to the East Germans-- that brought boots, trousers, long sleeves, even the beret and pill-box hat, into the Roman world.
Let's face it. Before the barbarians introduced "tailor-made" clothing, the Romans were wearing rectangular pieces of cloth while tripping over black slaves. On the other hand, barbarian clothes made it all the way to cowboy boots, Levi trousers, the Green Berets, and Jackie Kennedy's hats. :lol:
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
