01-29-2020, 10:02 PM
Hello everyone!
Do you know if there is an extensive study of the squamae found in Carnuntum? I'd like to have a scale armour reconstructed, but can't find precise information about dimensions and datation (only generalities: "bronze specimens of 2,8cm by 1,4cm to iron ones of 8cm by 5,4cm" (according to Robinson's book), and a datation always ranging from 1st to 3rd c., but no more than that...).
I'm aiming at a Late Roman kit, second half of the 4th century, to be more precise.
If you have more information, it would be grand! Or maybe is my question futile? I'm trying to find something as deeply rooted in the correct time period as possible but, if it is really nitpicky, I'll be content with any information or reference that could help me make a choice!
I focus on Carnuntum in this post, but I'm open to other models and sites, of course.
To add: I'm novice in Roman reenactment, I just don't dare thinking that ANY scales would be good enough for my objective ^^ .
Do you know if there is an extensive study of the squamae found in Carnuntum? I'd like to have a scale armour reconstructed, but can't find precise information about dimensions and datation (only generalities: "bronze specimens of 2,8cm by 1,4cm to iron ones of 8cm by 5,4cm" (according to Robinson's book), and a datation always ranging from 1st to 3rd c., but no more than that...).
I'm aiming at a Late Roman kit, second half of the 4th century, to be more precise.
If you have more information, it would be grand! Or maybe is my question futile? I'm trying to find something as deeply rooted in the correct time period as possible but, if it is really nitpicky, I'll be content with any information or reference that could help me make a choice!
I focus on Carnuntum in this post, but I'm open to other models and sites, of course.
To add: I'm novice in Roman reenactment, I just don't dare thinking that ANY scales would be good enough for my objective ^^ .
Nicolas