07-23-2015, 12:27 PM
Possibly. Nobody's 100% sure if the musculata was used as armor, or was merely an artistic license.
I'm of the camp that iron muscle cuirasses were used, especially in the Late Roman period, but you'd have to ask someone who knows more than me about the Principate.
I'm of the camp that iron muscle cuirasses were used, especially in the Late Roman period, but you'd have to ask someone who knows more than me about the Principate.
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