04-15-2008, 09:30 PM
Scipiom wrote - none of the mail shirts, including legionary ones, have shoulder re-inforcements, even ( perhaps surprisingly) the legionaries equipped with re-inforced helmets, greaves and manica to take on Bastarnae tribesmen armed with two-handed falxes
perhaps the shoulder doubling was seen as not as needed anymore as much as the other protective items were and relying on the shield to protect the shoulders. it would have been similar as to redistribute the weight from the shoulder doublingwith the manica greaves reinforcing strips on the helm. My theory on it anyway.
perhaps the shoulder doubling was seen as not as needed anymore as much as the other protective items were and relying on the shield to protect the shoulders. it would have been similar as to redistribute the weight from the shoulder doublingwith the manica greaves reinforcing strips on the helm. My theory on it anyway.
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