Pertinax
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Beautiful mural on the back wall
Please track back to my blog for an explanation
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I don't think I could stand that, I can't handle having my face covered by something like that. The simple chin-strap on my TKD helmet drove me nuts, I gagged a couple times because of it.
You have to have this amount of protection, the contact even with bamboo is fearsome, I have had some sensationaly lurid bruising and broken knuckles (even with full protection)-hence the training in very hot and very cold conditions , so the armour is no longer an imposition . The idea is very similar to Legionary training of course , heavier practice kit -an actual sword and light kote (gloves) feel like you are holding a beautiful pliant reed instead of a heavy weapon, thus speed and technique are improved. Performing kata one feels very light and controlled .
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I would think the cheekbones wouldn't be as much of a problem as the nose and chin
The nose is ok, the face bars stand away from it-the chin has to be very tight and given a little extra padding, otherwise there is a tendency for it to bite into the underside of the flesh.
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It looks uncomfortable. TKD helmets were just thick foam, with holes in them. Most of them left the face open.
At first yes, but it slowly moulds to the shape of your face , the main thing is to avoid pressure points on the cheekbones.
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Luke...I am your father...ahem...sorry
Was the helmet full metal, or was the back fabric or something?
TKD sparring gear has a habit of making you look like an overstuffed turtle.
Well , they did do all the Star Wars saber stuff with Kendo Shinai and superimposed the light patterns!.
The face mask is heavy steel , and not that easy to see out of, the head cover is very heavy cotton padded around the sides of the face to a close fit-then you lace the whole thing up so it is tight to the skull.Also we have the additional head square (hachmaki) to absorb sweat and keep the men tight to the skull.
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I see. I had read of helmets and armor going through family lines (wearing your dad's helmet for instance) but I didn't know where exactly the line was drawn.
What about shields?
Thanks for the info btw
Id suggest that the scutum design would be a factory produced item, the suggestion is that scutii are disposable items , because they would take a fearsome pasting above all other pieces of kit-so not much chance of re-cycling.
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It looks like ruins of something.
dilapidated , but in use-you can only reach it by boat.
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Capricorn. Of course. lol I sort of guessed that after reading your comment on the legion's capricorn standard.
I had figured that might be an auxiliary, were there any restrictions about the armor a soldier could wear? I mean, I know there was often alot of variation, some prefered hamata to segmentata or what have you, but what were the limits?
Best to reply by telling you how II Avg and VIII Avg go about it: if you are a Legionary (AD 50-150) you are in Segmentata (though its actual name is not known) , if you are an auxiliary you are in Hamata. Your helmet might be new or 50 years old, so long as it was up to the job.I suspect if you have looted a dead enemy or his city you will have various knick knacks ( belt badges/ornaments) but your phalerae and amulets will be bestowed largesse. If you are on horseback you will be a bit flash and have a rather various selection of helmets and be wearing hamata.Scroll back to this shot:
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Of course not... At first I got stares from my girlfriend like "who cares?" (I though to myself, 'you would if I put it in your Nalgene'Excellent, did none of your companions recognise the plant at all?
) Also did you see any Yarrow as a lower ground cover in the vicinity (can be white or quite pink)?I only located one small Yarrow plant. The Queen Anne's Lace however was EVERYWHERE!
It is quite feasible to find Hemlock, Q A Lace, Yarrow , Dead Mans Fingers, Anise, Hogweed and the lowly Pignut within 100 feet of each other (if running water is nearby) of these, four make a reasonable mixed salad and three will kill you .
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What is this a photograph of, really?
I think one other member will know...but I wont spoil it for a little while, any guesses?
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What are those animals on his sheild, do you know? I presume they are some sort of mythical beast, but from here they look like shrimp (and why would he have shrimp on his sheild?
)What rank is the man beside him with the lavishly decorated oval sheild? His armor itself does not suggest anything other than a "regular" legionary, however the sheild decoration does.
That is the Capricorn (half goat/fish) symbol of II Avgusta, certainly no shrimp.The next man over is actually a very well equipped auxilliary, who seems to have got hold of a cavalry shield and a very good quality helmet.
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Oh, this will surely cause an aneurism in the Dark Lord...
Yea his wrath will be vast, surely there will be great smitings.And indigestion.
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While hiking along the Swannanoa River this weekend, I dutifully pointed out to my fellows a nice specimen of hemlock growing along the banks.
Luckily there was some Queen Anne's Lace right nearby so I could point out the differences in leaf design and flowering crowns.
Excellent, did none of your companions recognise the plant at all? Also did you see any Yarrow as a lower ground cover in the vicinity (can be white or quite pink)?
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What is he wearing on his head?
Thats what centurions wear under their helmets! Usually a felt cap, I can for once speak authoritatively here-in Kendo one wears a folded cotton square under the men (helmet/face guard), (normally with encouraging or sacred slogans printed or painted upon it). One usually finds 30lbs of armour quite warm and heavy after ten minutes or so, the role of the head square is to absorb the copious sweat .Usually western practitioners feel better with shorter hair-I kept mine cropped right back-even so the head square offers substantial additional protection to a heavy blow to the top of the head, and I do mean heavy, I have "seen stars " for a few moments during fights and hard training, this may sem hard to believe -until you fight without one!.Felt is denser still and will prevent chaffing, keep the head warm and hopefully keep that falxe out of your parting.
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About the only thing you could really do would be to stab at his eyes
I know of descriptions of stab wounds to the mouth, for the very reason you suggest.
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I like it!
If Lucullus bought earrings for his favourite Eel , where did he affix them? I have to confess that Domina Pertinax puts pearls on her white boxer Cassius, and I swear the vain animal enjoys wearing them. Good grief that is seriously decadent all round is it not?
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I like it!
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dont squeeze that fish too hard!
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Thank you LW I was slow to answer. The secutor helmet evolved toward the "small eye" variant , if you go back a litle way in the gallery to the group of Gladiator helmets you will see an earlier version ,which looks murmillo -like with much bigger eye holes.
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Did the Roman midwife take the place of today's gynocologist? Or did she simply deliver babies?
I will post in the medicine thread LW , because the position is very interesting ( no pun intended)!
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I didn't know they had those in ancient times.
They did indeed , in fact of several sophisticated varieites.
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so why is it so difficult to get a good dentist nowadays?
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The skull would be amazing , but it is a "modern" with the dental surgery re-created to emulate two different finds.
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Oh that's weird. Did those brass things go under the gums?
I think not, I suggest a straightforward "wraparound" , and I do wonder what social status this person enjoyed.
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It is Gaius of the Jullii known as Caesar! HBO screen shot.