My first day as a Samnite

[Maximio]

I meant this guy - I just can't imagine that this 'fashion' (or even shorter as you say) would have been comfortable!!

Ahh see what you mean hock:

But if you think about it, he's going to be so cold he'll hardly need any material to cover his genitals :twisted:

[Quintus Galerius]

Why that terribly short tunic? Was that the fashion at the time? I noticed it before with other re-enactors of this period, even when worn in the snow. (shudder).

As Christian has said, the classical image of the Samnite from the various Naples frescoes and vases and depicted on the "Samnite Warrior" figurine now in the Louvre all show they wore their tunicae so short that it barely covered the genitals from the front and was then hitched up around the sides even shorter.

I meant this guy - I just can't imagine that this 'fashion' (or even shorter as you say) would have been comfortable!!

http://www.hallstattzeit.de/Kelte_auf_d ... _gross.jpg
http://www.hallstattzeit.de/Galerie/Mus ... _gross.jpg

Samnites used a kind of chitone that was shorter on the legs and longer in the middle...and they did not use Negau helmets...

[Quintus Galerius]