03-26-2013, 03:15 AM
As an individual who regularly portrays a Military Tribune, and regularly requires help to get into my cuirass, I understand the want to be able to get in and out of it with out help.
However, I think at some level, we have to remember that officers wearing this equipment would have traveled with a retinue or servants required for their day to day needs. At least I like to pretend they are required...
Everything from scribes, to cooks, to slaves to polish and maintain equipment would have been needed. I guess my point is that there would have been someone around to help an officer get into and out of his kit, and if there wasn't then there would be someone around for a flogging...
However, I think at some level, we have to remember that officers wearing this equipment would have traveled with a retinue or servants required for their day to day needs. At least I like to pretend they are required...
Everything from scribes, to cooks, to slaves to polish and maintain equipment would have been needed. I guess my point is that there would have been someone around to help an officer get into and out of his kit, and if there wasn't then there would be someone around for a flogging...
