Wouldn't a Roman clan be great? In my mind's eye I see Roman shield walls with spears behind them and horse-hair helmet centurions commanding the squads.
Roman shields are a lot like Rhodok board shields, only they a have more inward curve at the edges.
They would each carry a gladius double sided pointed shortsword. The 'Broad Shortsword' would suffice, pretty much.
They had a woolen tunic covered by a breastplate and significant, characteristic shoulder plates. The "Red Corrazina" armor is pretty close excluding the shoulder plates and the lack of breastplate. Close enough, anyway.
Roman soldiers would wear leather sandals. Those don't exist at the moment.
The Roman helmet had a characteristic shape, being completely solid metal coming over the sides of the head to a rounded top and then a visor coming off the back. The bascinet, open sallet, barbutte, spiked helmet, morion, and most other non-face covering, un-coiffed solid metal helmets would work. Centurions and other ranks used barbuttes with horse hair plumes on them.
Romans used crossbows, so that's checked out.
I understand that there is a formerly popular module full of Roman models. Heres the link:
http://www.mbrepository.com/file.php?id=2368I really hope this is considered. I want to be a Roman!
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