11-08-2014, 10:18 AM
Quote: My thoughts, when I first saw the buckle, were that it could have been Roman
The association of mail armour with buckles is not typically Roman, but already occurred from the 3rd or 2nd century BC onwards. The oldest example comes from Fluitenberg, the Netherlands. I wrote a short paper on this find which also contains a photograph of the buckle:
http://www.academia.edu/1463123/Over_sta...luitenberg
Cheer,
Martijn
