Roman Body Armour by H & J Travis

[Matthew Amt]

What Dan said. If you're really in a hurry to equip troops, why not just skip the armor? We *know* that even into the Principate some legionaries were not armored, and there is evidence that many of Caesar's troops were not armored as well. Why commit huge amounts of time and resources to something like butted mail that is heavy and simply does not protect well?

That said, I have not read the book!! We may be overblowing or misinterpreting something. I'd *like* to read the book, might have to wait for Christmas, though...

Valete,

Matthew