05-09-2006, 02:09 PM
Wow!
I can't wait to hear the reactions to this one.
I'm braced and ready for the onslaught.
Seriously,though,there is a wealth of info
here and elsewhere(see LegioXX website)
if you're open minded enough to accept that
Hollywood doesn't always get it right. Most movies
are historical fiction which is ok,I love those movies,series,too,
but don't look for accuracy. Dirty, rusty armor only looks that way
after it is dug up. I'm not aware of an army anywhere that would permit this. Hollywood movies seem to use more supposition
and guess and ignore reality for exactly the reasons you do.
We have all been taught through movies that the Romans looked that way.
Re-learning is sometimes a painful(and expensive)process.
I can't wait to hear the reactions to this one.
I'm braced and ready for the onslaught.
Seriously,though,there is a wealth of info
here and elsewhere(see LegioXX website)
if you're open minded enough to accept that
Hollywood doesn't always get it right. Most movies
are historical fiction which is ok,I love those movies,series,too,
but don't look for accuracy. Dirty, rusty armor only looks that way
after it is dug up. I'm not aware of an army anywhere that would permit this. Hollywood movies seem to use more supposition
and guess and ignore reality for exactly the reasons you do.
We have all been taught through movies that the Romans looked that way.
Re-learning is sometimes a painful(and expensive)process.
Andy Booker
Gaivs Antonivs Satvrninvs
Andronikos of Athens
Gaivs Antonivs Satvrninvs
Andronikos of Athens
