First person to post the correct answer within the hour.....

[Windigo]

Wins a  Total Rome Gold Edition!!!!!!!!!!!!

must have steam account so I can gift it to you!!
OK so its a buck on steam... Big Spender Iknow, but hell ... FREEE!!!

Oh yeah... if you don't win the contest... hell its still only a buck to get.... What a freakin' good deal.  Its got 16 hours left


oh yeah... the question what was the roman scutum made of?

Rule of the judge (me) is final!

only one prize to be awarded

you have to post your steam name with your answer, no private messages

[Gusington]

Leather, wood and canvas.

[Staggerwing]

From Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutum_(shield)#Structure

Structure[edit]

The scutum was a 10 kg large oval curved shield made from two sheets of wood glued together and covered with canvas and leather, usually with a spindle shaped boss along the vertical length of the shield. The best surviving example, from Dura-Europos in Syria, was 1.06 m (42 in) in height, a chord of 0.66 m (26 in), with a distance around the curve of 0.86 m (34 in), and a thickness of 5 mm to 6 mm.

Unless the question is some kind of trick...  ???

[Staggerwing]

Well, if it's straight up then Gus gets the prize by 28 seconds.

[Windigo]

winner winner chicken dinner.... to Gus

[Windigo]

and its sent... in the steam mail

[Gusington]

As staff I decline. Plus I've played about 10000000 hours of Rome: TW. Breezy if ok with you please give to 'Wing. I'll decline the gift on Steam.

[besilarius]

Admirable response, Gus.
And you should include "Master of Trivia" on your avatar.

[Gusington]

Thank you Sir. How could I work here and not have a vague notion as to what a scutum is? Come on now.

[Staggerwing]

Actually, I also have the game. I just couldn't resist the timed challenge. Windy should throw out another puzzler such as what the geographic origin is of the Roman Short sword, or the name of the Romans' favorite condiment... I'll sit that one out as well since there are others with gaming needs that exceed their means here among us.

[Gusington]

So is the winner...Bes?

[Windigo]

If bes wants it its his

[besilarius]

I didn't even answer the question.
Thank you kindly, but these days I only get excited by face to face.  Let someone who will use it get it. 
Very generous though.
In fact, offer it to Bawb!  It may take the sting out of the flat parts of his skull.

[jomni]

I misread it as SCROTUM.

[Sir Slash]

I mis-read the question. I thought he said Roman Scrotum. What's it made out of? Solid iron if you were a real Roman. :D