04-17-2007, 05:21 AM
Hello,
I've two questions about weapons and armor during the 6th century:
1.) What sword was the successor to the Roman spathe for both infantry and cavalry ? Do we know ?
2.) Did scale armor survive into the Byzantine period or was it superceded by lamellar ? By "scale" I mean the old kind that the Romans wore back in the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D.
Here's Basil II - does he appear to be wearing lamellar or scale armor ? Can we tell from the fresco ?
Thanks in advance.
Theo
I've two questions about weapons and armor during the 6th century:
1.) What sword was the successor to the Roman spathe for both infantry and cavalry ? Do we know ?
2.) Did scale armor survive into the Byzantine period or was it superceded by lamellar ? By "scale" I mean the old kind that the Romans wore back in the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D.
Here's Basil II - does he appear to be wearing lamellar or scale armor ? Can we tell from the fresco ?
Thanks in advance.
Theo
Jaime