03-08-2005, 02:41 PM
Carus,<br>
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Of course I'm not an author like Ross, but I think MacDowall's book was outaded years ago. For novices it's OK to 'smell' the subject but it fails to convince after that. Too many mistakes need to be retified.<br>
Take plumbatae (my pet subject): apparently they were just 20 cm long, whereas elsewhere he's used the (much later an much larger) single find from Olympia as a model, next to what can only be described as a ballista bolt, ignoring the dozens of plumbatae found and published at the time.<br>
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I could go on, but I won't. Let's say that a 3rd volume in a more thorough series would fit the development that re-enactment has seen over the last years. <p>Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert<br>
[url=http://www.fectio.org.uk/" target="top]fectienses seniores[/url]</p><i></i>
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Of course I'm not an author like Ross, but I think MacDowall's book was outaded years ago. For novices it's OK to 'smell' the subject but it fails to convince after that. Too many mistakes need to be retified.<br>
Take plumbatae (my pet subject): apparently they were just 20 cm long, whereas elsewhere he's used the (much later an much larger) single find from Olympia as a model, next to what can only be described as a ballista bolt, ignoring the dozens of plumbatae found and published at the time.<br>
<br>
I could go on, but I won't. Let's say that a 3rd volume in a more thorough series would fit the development that re-enactment has seen over the last years. <p>Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert<br>
[url=http://www.fectio.org.uk/" target="top]fectienses seniores[/url]</p><i></i>
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)