10-01-2014, 02:23 PM
Quote:nope. not true. If you are member of wealthier family, you will have much better equipment than some old guy from lower class family... age makes no difference, their society was not based on age like that.. there were wealthy and poor, so even young sons from rich families could run around in Mail, while 40-45 years old Triarii could run around with nothing but just a tunic or a pectorale.My understanding is that one couldn't be a triarius if one did not meet the wealth requirement and we could assume that because of that Triarii were expected to show up with a full panoply.
The question then would be, what happen if one is a 40 year old roman citizen that doesn't (or no longer) own 10 000 drachme. Does he serve with one of the other class ? Does he stay home ? ... ?
Timothee.
