Metal pieces for Leather Cuirass

[Flavivs Aetivs]

I am actually in the Leather Spolates crowd. I think they were leather, and I think the "linothorax" was quilted linen and the "glued linen" thing in Greek art is a misinterpretation of the thick leather Spolas.

The Romans did use it for a subarmalis - I don't argue with that - but It wasn't a defensive garment.