Padded Armour

[Caballo]

RTravis wrote: "That would make the double row of pteruges, and a substantial level of protection on the upper body. "

Makes a lot of sense , with the top pteruges naturally lying slightly higher the pteruges of the subarmalis beneath as shown on many statues.

And given that these multi rowed pteruges appear on high status statues with lower ranks having fewer rows (or even only one, as in Adamklissi) perhaps also a status symbol, showing that the owner could afford several tailored subarmalis's (not sure of the Latin here....)?

Question- would you see the top layer of each felt pteruges being covered by a waterproof leather pteruges sewn and tailored to the felt beneath? Would this explain the edging marks on pteruges?

Regards,

Britannicus