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Backpacks
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Good evening. I see many posts on what will be carried in or on the shoulders, but never a division of what is suitable for carrying in the leather bag and what would be better to carry in the also often used netbag. 

From the famous first scene on the Trajan column, one can see on some marching packs a bag made in the manner of knotted rope, but it does not show clearly enough what is in it.

So in my opinion, we have to use some good common sense. What I see carried most times by living history performers is the well known iron ration parts, and especially the famous bucellatum. I don't agree with that.  Since most parts of the iron ration relied on being kept in a stable preservative state to be kept eatable for quite a long time (salted or dried meat, hard cheese, and the rock hard baked bucellatum), I don't see the sense in being carried in an open bag which makes it vulnerable for wet situations. I think the leather bag would be far more suitable to carry preservable dried or salted food in.

What makes more sense for the content of the netbag would be spare woolen clothes that should be taken on quickly in case of worsening weather, and maybe some fruit which benefits from air surrounding it, and/or food like nuts which can be carried regardless of wet weather. 

I would like to know your opinions on this. It may of course, always,  be that I overlooked things and I am eager to learn.
Arno Luyendijk 

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Pvblivs Clavdivs Githiosses

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Backpacks - by Draconis ( Tom) - 03-24-2012, 08:19 AM
Re: Backpacks - by Matt Collettivs Ave - 03-24-2012, 10:12 AM
Re: Backpacks - by Draconis ( Tom) - 03-24-2012, 11:31 AM
Re: Backpacks - by Jvrjenivs - 03-24-2012, 01:18 PM
Re: Backpacks - by Matt Collettivs Ave - 03-25-2012, 09:55 AM
Re: Backpacks - by Crispvs - 03-26-2012, 08:34 PM
Re: Backpacks - by Sulpicius Florus - 03-27-2012, 12:36 AM
Re: Backpacks - by kevin mills - 03-27-2012, 01:05 AM
Re: Backpacks - by DECIMvS MERCATIvS VARIANvS - 03-27-2012, 05:22 AM
Re: Backpacks - by Crispvs - 03-27-2012, 05:29 AM
Re: Backpacks - by Crispvs - 03-27-2012, 05:51 AM
Re: Backpacks - by Renatus - 03-28-2012, 12:08 AM
Re: Backpacks - by kevin mills - 03-28-2012, 12:19 AM
Re: Backpacks - by Agrimensor - 03-28-2012, 12:19 PM
Re: Backpacks - by Crispvs - 03-29-2012, 06:03 AM
Re: Backpacks - by Agrimensor - 03-29-2012, 02:40 PM
Re: Backpacks - by Draconis ( Tom) - 03-29-2012, 05:24 PM
Re: Backpacks - by kevin mills - 03-29-2012, 11:43 PM
RE: Backpacks - by sendanor - 11-12-2017, 08:39 PM

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