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Gaius Drustanus
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 Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:51 pm |
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| Gaius Drustanus wrote: | No offence Nick don't worry about that. It's not that far back in days of yore that clubs would be, as dilmah put it, more like gangs and accusations of "member poaching" and "club sluts" were rife. Old habits die hard.
The Primary source for Dark Age Roman shield patterns is the Notitia Dignitatum, a working document of the Western Roman administration containing insignia, responsibilities of important dignitaries, lists of army units, their dispositions and unit shild patterns from the fifth century. The Shields include nearly all western field army units and many eastern field army infantry.
All surviving manuscripts are copies of a single original called the Codex Spirensis, which has disappeared. Two manuscripts commonly used are one in the Bodleian Library at Oxford from 1436 and one from Munich. It lists the Secundani Britannica, also known as Secundani Iuniores, Legio Comitatenses, formed from the antique Legio II Augusta.
That various Roman Units continued functioning long after the demise of centralised Western Imperial authority had faded in the late fifth century, is confirmed by the Byzantine Greek Historian Procopius. In his "Gothic Wars" he says that Roman Soldiers stationed on the Frontiers of Gaul (France) maintained their military traditions through to his day in the mid 6th century AD.
They could even be "recognised as belonging to the Legions they were assigned when they served in ancient times". A 7th Century silver Allamannic plate is thought by some to depict such a contemporary Roman soldier. |
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Victorius
Location: IMPERIVM ROMANA: The Roman club with a Living History focus.New Roman Club
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:42 pm |
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| Gaius Drustanus wrote: | | Gaius Drustanus wrote: | No offence Nick don't worry about that. It's not that far back in days of yore that clubs would be, as dilmah put it, more like gangs and accusations of "member poaching" and "club sluts" were rife. Old habits die hard.
The Primary source for Dark Age Roman shield patterns is the Notitia Dignitatum, a working document of the Western Roman administration containing insignia, responsibilities of important dignitaries, lists of army units, their dispositions and unit shild patterns from the fifth century. The Shields include nearly all western field army units and many eastern field army infantry.
All surviving manuscripts are copies of a single original called the Codex Spirensis, which has disappeared. Two manuscripts commonly used are one in the Bodleian Library at Oxford from 1436 and one from Munich. It lists the Secundani Britannica, also known as Secundani Iuniores, Legio Comitatenses, formed from the antique Legio II Augusta.
That various Roman Units continued functioning long after the demise of centralised Western Imperial authority had faded in the late fifth century, is confirmed by the Byzantine Greek Historian Procopius. In his "Gothic Wars" he says that Roman Soldiers stationed on the Frontiers of Gaul (France) maintained their military traditions through to his day in the mid 6th century AD.
They could even be "recognised as belonging to the Legions they were assigned when they served in ancient times". A 7th Century silver Allamannic plate is thought by some to depict such a contemporary Roman soldier. |
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Hey, don't talk to yourself Rob 
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Gaius Drustanus
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:42 pm |
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Sometimes the only way to have an intelligent conversation
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