08-03-2015, 09:59 AM
Quote:Could it not suggest, perhaps, two things:
a. The nature of the enemy or target being faced? If you do not need burning plumbata why waste the twisted shanks unnecessarily?
b. There was no local facility or fuel (perhaps) to make a fire hot enough to twist the shanks?
Sounds logical.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)