"JAMES MANTO" <mantofam@...> wrote:
> Since legionaries bought their own kit there's strong arguments for
no uniformity at all.
Hmm, I would question this for the republic period. There are numerous
references to the State supplying the equipment. This has been going on
since the Servian constitution was introduced. All soldiers paid a war
tax for the equipment. So Class I paid a higher war tax and got better
equipment. Therefore with the State supplying the equipment, it would
have been standardised and basic.
If academics study the primary sources they will find numerous
references to the State arming the army. But all we get served up with
is the one old theory everyone bought their own equipment, which every
acacademic follows without question.
It's anyone's guess really. Since legionaries bought their own kit there's strong arguments for no uniformity at all. But they may have been buying to an...
... no uniformity at all. Hmm, I would question this for the republic period. There are numerous references to the State supplying the equipment. This has been...
... Steven, like Roman tunics academics may not all be of one colour! Roy PS I bet the pooer you were thre more your tunic was off white and issue and the...
... Then if that was the case, they all wouldn't be saying the same thing about the issue of weapons, but unfortunately I haven't found one who doesn't state...
Hi, meet can of worms.... ... Two schools of thought, plain linen/white or red. The arguments are ongoing. One argument is white/linen for undress tunic, and...
There are some things that can be said about the Republican Roman shields. Polybios XI.1-3 that Hasdrubal could tell when Nero's legions joined Licinus because...
Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:03 pm (PST) ... no uniformity at all. Hmm, I would question this for the republic period. There are numerous references to the State...
"JAMES MANTO" wrote: Wasn't there a big hullabaloo in the Senate over using State funds and arms to equip the Slave legions during the 2nd Punic War and then...
... Is it right to assume that state armouries mean uniformity? Kit lasts many years it is not manufactured anew for each campaign. A soldier with a helmet...
I always wondered how other than state furnished equipment the Roman could have fielded another army after Hannibal defeated them at Cannae, they had just lost...
... could have fielded another army after Hannibal defeated them at Cannae, they had just lost 120,000 thousand men in three battles and Hannibal and his...
J Brad Hillaker wrote: I doubt if they had anywhere near 200,000 sets laying around when only 20,000 to 40,000 where typically called up. Living in Thailand at...
HI there During a civil war a unit changed loyalties to/from Caesar/Pompey and had the name on the shield as a badge of loyalty, so had to re-paint their...
... There are a couple of passages you could be thinking about. Have a look at http://www.atypon-link.com/AV/doi/pdf/10.1524/klio.2008.0004 - interesting...
... Probably a one off event and more to win the votes of the poor. Good politics on Marius'partl. Did I ... I threw that in as some people believe Marius...
Hi No, marius didn't invent the cohort. What he did was standardize the army and formally recognize the "truth on the ground" that the soldiers were serving...
... army and formally recognize the "truth on the ground" that the soldiers were serving for like and were pros. He eliminated the equipment distinctions...
Hi Steve, there is a long story involved in the shift here from pre to post maurian. The really short version is that initially, the legion had a cohort with...
Marius didn't invent the Cohort: No, in the middle of the 2nd Punic War, Polybius notes that troops sent out to chase down the defeated Cartheginians after the...
... troops ...broke up into what Polybius calls a 'cohort which was one century of each of the four types of legion infantry at the time. The concept a cohort...
... I don't know is it? When your stuff gets published I'll tell you. Nik Gaukroger "I am a sexy, shoeless god of war!"- Belkar Bitterleaf "So it’s Rorschach...
... I am in communication with Osprey at the moment. Now they could be the right publishing house to go with as they don't mind having colour illustrations....
... the right publishing house to go with as they don't mind having colour ... Hope that in return full references to sources don't get slashed. These will be...
... These will be far more important than colour illustrations. No references NO Osprey, that is a condition. I have followed Lazenby's example (Hannibal's...
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