Talk:Leves

another contradiction
"They were usually outfitted with just a number of light javelins and no other equipment." AND "Leves typically carried a number of light javelins and a simple round shield about 90 cm (3 feet) in diameter." Lastdingo (talk) 01:45, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

certainly not: Scutum
"The larger rectangular Scutum was sometimes carried by those soldiers who could afford it." Scutum simply means "shield", although most often a certain type of legionary shield is meant. I'm sure the source has no evidence that such skirmishers (!) carried a heavy (about 10 kg) and huge shield - "Scutum" means in this context certainly a small shield, since no other javelineers/skirmishers in history carried such a huge and heavy shield. Lastdingo (talk) 01:48, 25 September 2015 (UTC)