Armor of the Divine Triad : lamellar armor

[Theodosius the Great]

Dan Howard wrote:

There is a large hole in the shoulder flap for a tie to hold it in place on the breast.

It is unclear to me why this is seen by you as a hole in the shoulder flap, while it is much more likely to be an attachment on top of the lamellar construction, just as it is in all Greek and a lot of Roman armour.

I, too, thought this was not a hole but rather a ring superimposed on the armor as we see on statues of musculata armor. Musculatae often had this four ring arrangement for the tie-down method.

I'm unaware of any type of armor that features holes large enough to stick the tip of your finger through them :unsure: .

~Theo