04-14-2008, 11:28 PM
For starters, if as a Celtic warrior elite you had the means to be able to wear a mail shirt, you probably owned the village too! Very few warriors were armoured. You were someone if you had a sword!
The Kirkburn mail shirt from Yorkshire didn't have a cape doubler, but a variation of the Greek style.
The cape style doubling was used well into the second century by auxiliary cavalrymen. It may have added a lot more unnecessary weight to the infantryman's kit though.
The shoulder doubling in the Greek style disappears in the mid second century for infantry soldiers too. This was probably dictated by the enemy fighting styles and weapons.
The Kirkburn mail shirt from Yorkshire didn't have a cape doubler, but a variation of the Greek style.
The cape style doubling was used well into the second century by auxiliary cavalrymen. It may have added a lot more unnecessary weight to the infantryman's kit though.
The shoulder doubling in the Greek style disappears in the mid second century for infantry soldiers too. This was probably dictated by the enemy fighting styles and weapons.
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