02-04-2007, 06:54 PM
You're certainly right that this is an oddity. Also strange is that the report speaks of a mail aventail as neck guard, not a plate as seems to be indicated by the pictures.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)