04-26-2004, 05:04 PM
Ave,<br>
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I've Been wondering about the same shield strap thing. Those Republicans are Junklemans, and though I can't read German, his book "The Legions of Augustus" has a diagram of their carrying set up. It doesn't quite show how it all connects in back unfortunatly, but it appears to be a wide strap, relatively short, running directly from the handle, up over the left shoulder and back to the handle. The other strap runs across the back, around the right upper arm, where it has a buckle in front, and across, under the left arm and back to the shield. It appears that this second strap is attached to the first strap, and is to prevent the first strap from sliding off the shoulder. I guess you unbuckle the cross strap to drop the whole thing. I am also willing to bet that if I could read it, it would all become clearer. This does seem to have the advantage of holding the shield high on the back, and distributing the weight. I'm not sure how practical all those straps would be with the segmentata. I'll just have to try it.<br>
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Vale, Quintus <p></p><i></i>
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I've Been wondering about the same shield strap thing. Those Republicans are Junklemans, and though I can't read German, his book "The Legions of Augustus" has a diagram of their carrying set up. It doesn't quite show how it all connects in back unfortunatly, but it appears to be a wide strap, relatively short, running directly from the handle, up over the left shoulder and back to the handle. The other strap runs across the back, around the right upper arm, where it has a buckle in front, and across, under the left arm and back to the shield. It appears that this second strap is attached to the first strap, and is to prevent the first strap from sliding off the shoulder. I guess you unbuckle the cross strap to drop the whole thing. I am also willing to bet that if I could read it, it would all become clearer. This does seem to have the advantage of holding the shield high on the back, and distributing the weight. I'm not sure how practical all those straps would be with the segmentata. I'll just have to try it.<br>
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Vale, Quintus <p></p><i></i>
