12-11-2006, 03:21 AM
Quote:we know that armour was worn as usual during the 4th c. and later:
Beltrán Fortes, José and Adolfo Raul Menéndez ArguÃn (1999): New Evidence on the Use of Armour by Roman Soldiers of the Fourth Century AD, in: Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies 10, pp. 21-26.
Coulston, J.C.N. (1990): Later Roman armour, 3rd-6th centuries A.D., in: Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies 1, pp. 139-60.
Mielczarek, Mariusz (1993): Cataphracti and Clibanarii, Studies on the Heavy Armoured Cavalry of the Ancient World, Oficyna Naukawa, Lódz.
It's one of the reasons to read Vegetius with caution.
So then there's clear evidence that mail actually did replace the segmentata?
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