01-18-2008, 05:38 PM
I was just perusing Osprey's Sarmatians 600BC-AD450. The final color plate shows two Sarmatians "in the service of the Late Roman army". The figure on foot is wearing a scale hauberk and the printed description specifically states, "scales with a central raised mid-rib, indicating metal rather than horn", although no archaeological reference is given.
There's been plenty of debate here on RAT in the past year, and I thought the consensus was that the only evidence of scales with midribs was in the context of lorica plumata.
Anyone care to weigh in?
There's been plenty of debate here on RAT in the past year, and I thought the consensus was that the only evidence of scales with midribs was in the context of lorica plumata.
Anyone care to weigh in?
Franklin Slaton
Semper Ubi Sub Ubi
Your mother wears caligae!
Semper Ubi Sub Ubi
Your mother wears caligae!
