2012年4月2日 · Cloaks and capes are easy to make because you only need a square piece of heavy clothand maybe one button and your done, it doubles up as a blanket when your outdoors and is alround useful in the days before mass production. Plus of course if your striding round looking manly and your cape is flowing behind you it looks cool and dramatic.

Cloaks of the Imperial Army Roman historians tell that the heavy woolen cloak, the sagum, was adopted from the Spaniards by Scipio Africanus in the late 3rd Century BC.

2010年10月15日 · Cloaks were carried by warriors of all classes; long-sleeved tunics were also worn by some, though others went bare-chested. Helmets - Chances are, the only helmets to be seen in Arminius' army were Roman helmets carried by ex-auxiliaries.

2014年7月21日 · In addition to the tunics I just described, they appear to wear short, tight trousers, and laced boots. All three men wear cloaks, though the 'private' soldier serving as a standard-bearer wears a dark cloak, while the two men presumed to be the commanding officer Julius Terentius and one of his centurions wear white cloaks.

2011年2月18日 · it’s difficult to understand how the Insubres and Boii, wearing their trousers and light cloaks, were much more protected than the naked warriors. There may be a misinterpretation. Again, when Polybius recounts that “The swords of the Celts are such that only the first cut is dangerous; then the swords become bent…”, he may have ...

2015年11月26日 · However, when the lilly-pillys start to fall, it is time to mend the old warm cloaks from the last cold season, or make new ones, and begin the yearly trek to the coastal areas. As a result of all this, seasonal cycles as described by the various Aboriginal cultures differ substantially according to location.

2025年1月15日 · Even Caesar is surprised how Quintus managed. There's just so much stuff going on. In three days, the 60,000 Gauls built an 11 mile circumvallation using swords to break up the earth and their cloaks to haul it away. They all gathered together because Ambiorix told them Caesar was elsewhere fighting Germans.

2011年11月15日 · On his last appearance anywhere,he was taking a bow,and people threw their cloaks and hats in tribute.The garments landed on him,covering him completely,and he smothered to death Great story; if it isn't true it should be. Kind of like Sigmund Freud should have said "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar", but didn't.

2024年2月7日 · Greaves were favored by wealthy Hoplites as it covered the exposed areas below their shields, but by the mid to late middle ages they had largely disappeared from european infantry. Was it because late middle-ages infantry had to march farther than hoplites or because the wealthy warriors...

2010年10月22日 · The battle-chiefs would have led their warbands into the streets of Alexandria decked out in all their finery, wearing tartan-patterned cloaks and trousers, and blowing the distinctive carnyx trumpet. This band of Celtic mercenaries was put to work almost immediately. Ptolemaeos' own brother Magas revolted and attempted to overthrow him.