12-05-2006, 09:59 PM
Quote:Perhaps it is odd that the Romans used it at all - especially if there were serious maintenance problems.
You're right. But when one considers that it was in use for about 250-odd years, that is not so very long (especially when compared to the most successfull one, the hamata). Even Medieval armour was longer in use?
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)