10-06-2011, 06:59 PM
Quote:I still wonder how uniform the roman army was, were shields al the same as tunic and helmet or was the shield different for every cetury or cohort anyone an aswer? :?:For the Late Roman army it was the same for the entire unit. Ammianus tells us how even the Alamanni could recognise their Roman opponent by their shields.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
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)
