Illustrations of Sassanid Persian Clibanarii

[ValentinianVictrix]

I would love to see real evidence of a cuirass being worn over mail this early rather than some dodgy interpretation of an ambiguous illustration.

Dan, have a look at that link I put on this thread as both Ammianus and Julian state a cuirasse was worn over the mail armour. And you could not get better witnesses to both Late Roman Catafractarii and Clibanarii and their Sassanid counterparts as they fought against the Sassanids and saw both living and dead riders.