10-15-2009, 09:05 PM
Quote:Dan Howard:i3yupp5j Wrote:Does it really matter? The only relevant point is whether it is leather or not. Is there any sensible argument one can make to support the claim that the blue or green coloured armour is made of leather?
They dyed it? Pure speculation of course!
Speculation isn't a sensible argument. Are there any surviving examples of Roman leather, military or otherwise, that have been dyed these colours?
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books