04-02-2010, 11:03 AM
Hello all,
Non-uniformed armies fighting each other with very similar equipment would have had to rely on other means of identification in battle because....errr...they looked the same..
During the Thirty Years War and the English civil wars this problem was solved with coloured sashes, scraps of cloth, or putting certain plants in their hats.
I was wondering if the ancients used similar methods to recognise each other (besides other means of recognition like shield patterns)??
Thanks
DH
Non-uniformed armies fighting each other with very similar equipment would have had to rely on other means of identification in battle because....errr...they looked the same..
During the Thirty Years War and the English civil wars this problem was solved with coloured sashes, scraps of cloth, or putting certain plants in their hats.
I was wondering if the ancients used similar methods to recognise each other (besides other means of recognition like shield patterns)??
Thanks
DH
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