Someone on my flist, though I can't remember who, has an icon made from a screencap of Bakshi Boromir with the text "Gondor has no trousers. Gondor needs no trousers!" :-D
I'm rather surprised by the Roman re-enactors; in general I thought they tended to research fairly thoroughly, and I have been seen plenty of pictures and models in museums that show soldiers in Roman Britain wearing braccae with their tunics. (This sort of thing: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/romans/the_roman_army/r_birdoswald_fort.jpg) And as you/others mention, there is the evidence from Vindolanda of socks (and pants.) I'm vaguely wondering if reenactment events are more likely to occur in summer, when there might be a (foolish?) presumption of warmer weather so they didn't bother to make braccae?
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I'm rather surprised by the Roman re-enactors; in general I thought they tended to research fairly thoroughly, and I have been seen plenty of pictures and models in museums that show soldiers in Roman Britain wearing braccae with their tunics. (This sort of thing: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/romans/the_roman_army/r_birdoswald_fort.jpg) And as you/others mention, there is the evidence from Vindolanda of socks (and pants.) I'm vaguely wondering if reenactment events are more likely to occur in summer, when there might be a (foolish?) presumption of warmer weather so they didn't bother to make braccae?