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Postby Primus Aurelius Timavus on Thu Jul 31, 2003 10:21 pm

Salve Locate,

I'm sorry that I misinterpreted your tone and intent. Thanks for your reply. :idea:

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Postby Horatius Piscinus on Fri Aug 01, 2003 3:02 pm

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Well, to return to antiquity, the Romans did have "weapons control", you were not to have fasces with axe heads inside the pomerium, or any other weapons of metal besides daggers. Weapons of iron or bronze were stored in temples. Even in a triumph, the legionaries carried wooden weapons. As to being armed in your own home, to defend against burglers, note in the XII Tabulae that a distinction is made in killing a burgler who comes at night from a robber by day.

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Postby Primus Aurelius Timavus on Fri Aug 01, 2003 3:07 pm

Were ordinary Romans permitted iron weapons like swords in their own homes (if they could afford them)? I imagine this varied according to the epoch: yes in the early Republic, definitely not during the Principate.
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