12-11-2006, 08:10 AM
Quote:So then there's clear evidence that mail actually did replace the segmentata?Yes. Or rather, as mail was already widely used (as was scale), the plate armour was dropped and the rest remained in use. Not so much replaced, therefore.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
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)