03-12-2012, 03:47 AM
Well done on your first belt Jay. I look forward to seeing how it develops.
If I were you though, even before you attach the buckle from Matt Lukes, get rid of the small straps attached the 'pugio'. You would be far better off doing without a pugio than having that piece of tat on your belt (not all Roman soldiers wore pugios in any case and we also know that at least one soldier did without his for a while whilst he used it as security for a loan) so I would advise you to get rid of it. However, whatever you replace it with should not be attached using those small straps. They are a modern convention and there is no evidence that the Romans ever used such a thing. Any re-enactors you see using them are copying other people rather than looking at the evidence. All Roman depictions of soldiers wearing pugios on their belts show the upper suspension rings level with and often touching the frog buttons. They were probably tightly attached with leather thonging. The lower suspension rings were unused.
Crispvs
If I were you though, even before you attach the buckle from Matt Lukes, get rid of the small straps attached the 'pugio'. You would be far better off doing without a pugio than having that piece of tat on your belt (not all Roman soldiers wore pugios in any case and we also know that at least one soldier did without his for a while whilst he used it as security for a loan) so I would advise you to get rid of it. However, whatever you replace it with should not be attached using those small straps. They are a modern convention and there is no evidence that the Romans ever used such a thing. Any re-enactors you see using them are copying other people rather than looking at the evidence. All Roman depictions of soldiers wearing pugios on their belts show the upper suspension rings level with and often touching the frog buttons. They were probably tightly attached with leather thonging. The lower suspension rings were unused.
Crispvs
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