10-29-2021, 02:16 AM
"laridum"
This isn't bacon, it's "Fatback." Pork fat from the back of the pig.
"The problem with assuming that Vegetius's 60 Roman pounds included the soldier's weapons and armour would be that 43lbs is lighter than the marching load of most soldiers even today."
It has to be separate from the weapons and armor. A properly made maille hauberk is around 13 lbs and a properly made shield around 9 lbs. A properly made helmet is around 4lbs tops, sword and scabbard around 2 lbs tops. Already you've eaten into half of that number.
This isn't bacon, it's "Fatback." Pork fat from the back of the pig.
"The problem with assuming that Vegetius's 60 Roman pounds included the soldier's weapons and armour would be that 43lbs is lighter than the marching load of most soldiers even today."
It has to be separate from the weapons and armor. A properly made maille hauberk is around 13 lbs and a properly made shield around 9 lbs. A properly made helmet is around 4lbs tops, sword and scabbard around 2 lbs tops. Already you've eaten into half of that number.
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