04-18-2013, 08:37 PM
Robert Vermaat wrote:
- sometimes a padded garment was used as armour
or
- there was a lamellar-type armour in use that we never found traces of.
It might well be the armour of the three Palmyran gods is another example of a lamellar type armour that we never found traces of. The archeological record of the principate in the West, although abundant, is far from complete, let alone the archeological record of the Middle East.
Another example: though many excellent representations of the Ionian helmet exist, suggesting it was very popular among the Asian Greeks, the helmet itself has never been found.
- sometimes a padded garment was used as armour
or
- there was a lamellar-type armour in use that we never found traces of.
It might well be the armour of the three Palmyran gods is another example of a lamellar type armour that we never found traces of. The archeological record of the principate in the West, although abundant, is far from complete, let alone the archeological record of the Middle East.
Another example: though many excellent representations of the Ionian helmet exist, suggesting it was very popular among the Asian Greeks, the helmet itself has never been found.
