12-21-2006, 01:15 PM
Yeah that was kind of the point (guess I wasn't clear enough, my mistake). I know that the Linothorax was an adequate barrier for the greeks. I am limiting the question to the Roman subarmalis only. Were the flaps only one or two layers thick? That is what most the pictures look like. Or is it that the multiple rows of them is where you would get the "15-20" layers of linen as a barrier? That is the main thrust of my question. The second would be is it proper to use leather for the pfuterages and linen for the rest of the subarmalis?
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Chris Boatcallie
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