07-09-2012, 08:57 PM
Quote:Where is your evidence that mail was cheaper than plate?
I believe, D. Sim and J. Kaminski, Roman Imperial Armour: The Production of Early Imperial Military Armour, have argued that apparently, the segmentata plates were produced by rolling, which would be fast, inexpensive, and could be done by unskilled workers.
M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER
(Alexander Kyrychenko)
LEG XI CPF
quando omni flunkus, mortati
(Alexander Kyrychenko)
LEG XI CPF
quando omni flunkus, mortati