02-08-2011, 08:03 AM
Best thing is to get Graham Sumner's most recent book, "Roman Military Dress". From the evidence he has collected, yellow-brown is a typical color, but not the only one available.
Thanks for the mention Matthew!
This picture shows just how vibrant natural dyes can be, this is ochre with weld.
Is that my new cloak Claire? :wink:
Thanks for the mention Matthew!
This picture shows just how vibrant natural dyes can be, this is ochre with weld.
Is that my new cloak Claire? :wink:
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
