08-25-2010, 03:46 PM
Nathan,
I agree with you. I thought I knew some things about the Roman army and Roman history in general before I started to get into it as seriously as I am now. Some of the things I knew are still correct but many others are not. For instance, in the begining, I thought that scuta were of metal since it is stronger than wood. The lorica for the soldiers was entirely musculata of leather and for the wealthy of metal with gold or silver (I thought mail was middle age armor and I never heard of segmentata or squamata). I did not know that soldiers had a pugio only the gladius. I thought closed boots not caligae for eveybody.
I agree with you. I thought I knew some things about the Roman army and Roman history in general before I started to get into it as seriously as I am now. Some of the things I knew are still correct but many others are not. For instance, in the begining, I thought that scuta were of metal since it is stronger than wood. The lorica for the soldiers was entirely musculata of leather and for the wealthy of metal with gold or silver (I thought mail was middle age armor and I never heard of segmentata or squamata). I did not know that soldiers had a pugio only the gladius. I thought closed boots not caligae for eveybody.
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Paolo
Paolo
