05-24-2010, 02:20 AM
The armor whatever it is made of looks nice! I can not help but think that because of the predominant artistic quality of Roman leather armor that it is parade armor. More for show than anything else. The portraits of kings later especially in medieval Europe rarely had metal armor. The possibility is that it was sort of like a modern military dress uniform. The best part about leather armor being used for such a function is flexibility ( dancing, sitting, etc. ). The leather armor would have some use against the knife of an assassin giving the wearer more of an edge.( Pardon the Pun :!: ) It is everywhere in art but probably was not used in battle unless at dire need. It therefore could be thinner and less likely to puncturing to swords and arrows but would turn a glancing blow from an assassins dagger. Handy in a street fight no doubt as well!
Craig Bellofatto
Going to college for Massage Therapy. So reading alot of Latin Terminology
It is like a finger pointing to the moon. DON\'T concentrate on the finger or you miss all the heavenly glory before you!-Bruce Lee
Train easy; the fight is hard. Train hard; the fight is easy.- Thai Proverb
Going to college for Massage Therapy. So reading alot of Latin Terminology
It is like a finger pointing to the moon. DON\'T concentrate on the finger or you miss all the heavenly glory before you!-Bruce Lee
Train easy; the fight is hard. Train hard; the fight is easy.- Thai Proverb
