12-15-2008, 08:21 PM
Now, go to page 167 HRR, bottom left, what do you see?
And the image to the left, canted forward too.
And even the Adamklissi shows the scabbards canted on page 170.
Then Firmus has a cant to his sword on page 88.
And I see Crispus actually believes that things would go with what a wearer feels comfortable with from their experience, in regards to armour for a centurion, even though there is no sculptural or archaological evidence to back up his 'feeling' on that issue, so I really don't follow the logic of sticking so desperately to the rule of a vertical gladius and pugio, where there are actual depictions of a variety of ways to wear them.
And the image to the left, canted forward too.
And even the Adamklissi shows the scabbards canted on page 170.
Then Firmus has a cant to his sword on page 88.
And I see Crispus actually believes that things would go with what a wearer feels comfortable with from their experience, in regards to armour for a centurion, even though there is no sculptural or archaological evidence to back up his 'feeling' on that issue, so I really don't follow the logic of sticking so desperately to the rule of a vertical gladius and pugio, where there are actual depictions of a variety of ways to wear them.
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
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Batavian Coh I
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[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
