08-31-2012, 02:34 PM
Quote: Split tunics: if you mean the split at the hips, it had to be done at the time we made these tunics.Splits are not forbidden of course, but as your tunics need to be (very) wide, usually you would not need a split.
Quote:Virilis: I personally see no validation of the silver gilding. Expensive, and does not add much to the defensive value of the helmet.Every Late Roman helmet was covered in a thin layer of silver or gilded silver. Every part down to the smallest rivet. Of course it's nice to look at, but we assume that it was done for rust prevention.
Of course it's way too expensive for us reenactors. I know only of 3 helmets which are accurate in that way, and they are even too expensive to bring to an event. hock:
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)