08-11-2005, 07:52 PM
Perhaps this is one of these things that's been discussed to death back in the mists of time and discarded, but...
On p33 of Osprey's 'Essential Histories' volume 'Rome at War' (actually the same as their 'Caesar's Gallic Wars') is what is described as a '1st century BC stone relief from Estepa, Seville' - it shows two Roman soldiers, both with oval shields and wearing greaves. The one on the right is wearing crudely-rendered mail armour, but the man on the left is clearly wearing a padded tunic of some sort, with a diagonal banded pattern.
I'm not able to scan the image, so can't be any clearer, but could this be some evidence for a sort of padded jerkin, or even the elusive subarmalis?
On p33 of Osprey's 'Essential Histories' volume 'Rome at War' (actually the same as their 'Caesar's Gallic Wars') is what is described as a '1st century BC stone relief from Estepa, Seville' - it shows two Roman soldiers, both with oval shields and wearing greaves. The one on the right is wearing crudely-rendered mail armour, but the man on the left is clearly wearing a padded tunic of some sort, with a diagonal banded pattern.
I'm not able to scan the image, so can't be any clearer, but could this be some evidence for a sort of padded jerkin, or even the elusive subarmalis?
Nathan Ross
