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Ahhhh... Huns again!

Assuming that you are asking about Europan Huns in the 'Roman' period.

Start with the basic 'civian' nomadic dress...    trowsers, boots, wrapround tunic, knives, bow, bowcase, quivers...
These are all fairly generic over a huge range of space, time, ethnic groups. Bowcases follow several development paths and can excite much discussion... many adults retain a sling (children used them) and an axe/hatchet is an  almost universal tool.  Furs were very common in winter (some acted as portable wealth), padded tunics would be the norm.

Hats are interesting and hunnic details are quite vague. In general specific  shape, colour or style often defined various ethnic, tribal, of fashion groups but there is little detailed info.

Armour was usualy a sign of wealth or sucess. nomadic style often mixed with purchases, tribute and trophy armour from surrounding groups. European Huns seem to have used less horse armour than most nomads. Lomg, heavy , flightless arrows (for close in archery) are almost identical to javelins and almost universaly carried. Significant numbers would carry spears.

Roman tropes include poverty, dirtyness, furs from small animals. These are to identify them as low status, poor, wild, etc..

Also, remember that they are not all nomadic. Specialists (blacksmiths, charcoal burners, boatmen, etc) often had a permanent location as well.


You have a fairly wide scope.

Tom...

 

Quote from: Erpingham on July 09, 2025, 09:27:56 AMIt's happening again. Start of on one subject and before you know it, it becomes about fried potatoes.

To be honest, with the number of Roman coins that turn up in England, they're as cheap as chips.

It's happening again. Start of on one subject and before you know it, it becomes about fried potatoes.

Exactly plus the price of fish these days....

Quote from: Imperial Dave on July 08, 2025, 06:12:55 PMEnough for a bag of chips i suspect....

For a month's wages I'd expect more than a bag of chips.

On the other hand, if you had to ship the potatoes over from a continent that hadn't been discovered yet...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0q88yjd97lo

Enough for a bag of chips i suspect....

First Vikings in Australia, now Bigfoot.

And what do big socks say?  Big feet!

Quote from: stevenneate on July 06, 2025, 12:37:18 PMVery big.

You know what they say about big sock drawers...

Big socks