05-27-2020, 06:38 PM
Hi,
....not exactly "Kalkriese" but interesting to read:
https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/i..._3_3b.html
https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/i...b_3_4.html
https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/i...l#_dum_142
https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/i...tml#_dum_8
As a side note:
....most of the germanic fighters at that time were NOT in the (financial) position to own a "chunk" of iron bigger than a small dagger or a spears' tip, agricultural equipment
nonwithstanding.
....the (smaller ?) rest most likely ( especially here at Kalkriese ) was equipped "roman-style" hardly to be differentiated from the usual equipment of "loyal" roman fighters.
It has , however, spuriously been argued that some roman auxilliaries might have switched sides in the course of the battle.
Greez
Siggi
....not exactly "Kalkriese" but interesting to read:
https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/i..._3_3b.html
https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/i...b_3_4.html
https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/i...l#_dum_142
https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/i...tml#_dum_8
As a side note:
....most of the germanic fighters at that time were NOT in the (financial) position to own a "chunk" of iron bigger than a small dagger or a spears' tip, agricultural equipment
nonwithstanding.
....the (smaller ?) rest most likely ( especially here at Kalkriese ) was equipped "roman-style" hardly to be differentiated from the usual equipment of "loyal" roman fighters.
It has , however, spuriously been argued that some roman auxilliaries might have switched sides in the course of the battle.
Greez
Siggi
Siggi K.
