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Legionaries fighting "expediti"
the5500th replied to Gladius Hispaniensis's topic in Gloria Exercitus - 'Glory of the Army'
I think there may have been two reasons for this. The first being that soldiers could not move as fast in armour so not wearing armour was probably done mainly in situations were speed was needed. For the second I can remember (not sure were) that men would be forced to go without their armour as a punishment. I have nothing I can point to for this but I do remember something about it. -
I was looking at a map of the Roman world today. I wondered how could somebody (not a soldier) travel over land if the distance was to far to do on foot in a good time and the person could not afford a horse. For example how could a person of modest wealth get from Pergamon to Ephesus without taking a ship or is that the only way to do it without getting to many blisters or cut up by a highway man. Was there some sort of wagan/train system (like they had near Athens for a while) or large groups of travellers who would travers distances like that together. Thanks, the5500th