04-15-2016, 03:39 PM
(04-15-2016, 07:48 AM)caiusbeerquitius Wrote: First, the shields were not that heavy. Proper reconstructions show a weight between 4,5 and 5,5 kg.
Second, we have no hint whatsoever to the soldiers having two shields, so I think: no.
It may also have been the case that some legions had rectangular shields, other oval ones. We now know that the legions were very distinctive from each other.
So the legionaries would have flat oval shields or would they have curved oval ones?
James Ajiduah
