RomanArmyTalk

Was the focale still in use in the middle to late 4th Century in the West?

I don't know for sure, but what I do know is that I like to wear some piece of cloth around my neck when I am wearing my armour, be it a squamata or a hamata.

There's no sign of anyone wearing one in the Vergilius Romanus, but some of the hunters in the Apamea 'Great Hunt' mosaic are wearing white focali...which is late 4th/early 5th I think?

Quote:some of the hunters in the Apamea 'Great Hunt' mosaic are wearing white focali...which is late 4th/early 5th I think?

Early 4th c.