Was the leather muscled curiass of the later times sexier?

[Urselius]

Buff-coats were tanned leather and a form of armour; armour can and has been made from leather. It cannot be supposed that the Romans were unaware of this and never used it - indeed what were pteruges made from?

Helloooo! Did you not read my post?? We KNOW all that! I have to ask, are you or Wulfgar the same as this guy?:

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=88624


Matthew

Now we have conspiracy theories!

There are more important things in the world - 2 million people ,mostly children under five, die each year from the disease I work on - I'd better get back to work!