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Len Parker
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Shahril Dzulkifli
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Posted: Wed 01 Oct, 2014 7:55 pm Post subject: Republican Roman Armour |
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A soldier from the Roman Republic during the Punic Wars. I believe that the equipment carried by every Roman Republic soldier varies accordingly.
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength”
- Marcus Aurelius
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Lafayette C Curtis
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Dan Howard
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Posted: Mon 27 Oct, 2014 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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Elliot R. wrote: | "...but those who are rated at a property qualification of above 10,000 drachmae wear instead a coat of chain-mail (lorica)." (Polybius, Histories 6.23) |
Didn't Polybius write in Greek? Lorica is a latin term. I thought Polybius used the term halusidoton but don't have the source to hand. Does anyone have access to the original Greek?
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen and Sword Books
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Shahril Dzulkifli
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Posted: Sun 02 Nov, 2014 3:15 am Post subject: Republican Roman Armour |
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Here's the access to Polybius' Histories (Left - Polybius' original in ancient Greek; right - N. D. Triandafyllopoulos' modern Greek translation):
http://www.greek-language.gr/Resources/ancien...ature/part
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength”
- Marcus Aurelius
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Dan Howard
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Posted: Sun 02 Nov, 2014 4:34 am Post subject: |
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I got a 404 Not Found error on that page, but Perseus has it.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=...99.01.0233
The phrase is ἁλυσιδωτοὺς θώρακας (halusidotos thorax) [6.23.15], which means something like "armour wrought in chain fashion", which sounds like mail to me. As Elliot said, the passage certainly suggests that mail was expensive - only those with a qualification above ten thousand drachmas (μυρίας δραχμὰς) were required to wear it. It was definitely more expensive than the bronze καρδιοφύλαξ ("heart protector") that the other soldiers were required to wear.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen and Sword Books
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