02-22-2012, 11:58 PM
As mentioned in the previous thread. Speidel rejects Tomlin's theory and argues that the Carlisle tablets refer to two types of garment used in training.
To further add weight to the garment theory, as also mentioned in the previous thread, a subarmalis is included in a list of clothing in the Vindolanda tablets.
Severus intended to disband the Guard but obviously wanted to conceal that fact until the last minute. Therefore allowing them to carry any type of weapon does not seem like a good idea to me. However allowing them to wear their training gear as argued by Spiedel, might have aroused less suspicion and they may have believed they were about to carry out an exercise before the new emperor.
Graham.
To further add weight to the garment theory, as also mentioned in the previous thread, a subarmalis is included in a list of clothing in the Vindolanda tablets.
Severus intended to disband the Guard but obviously wanted to conceal that fact until the last minute. Therefore allowing them to carry any type of weapon does not seem like a good idea to me. However allowing them to wear their training gear as argued by Spiedel, might have aroused less suspicion and they may have believed they were about to carry out an exercise before the new emperor.
Graham.
"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.
