06-06-2013, 02:00 PM
Most marines would drown because they didn't know how to swim. It wouldn't matter what armour they wore. Leather armour won't keep someone afloat - they'd just sink a little less quickly.
D'Amato reckons that a leather musculata was found in a Roman shipwreck. Given all the other items that he claimed was leather armour that has turned out not to be, I would wait until someone who knows something about armour examines it before taking it seriously.
D'Amato reckons that a leather musculata was found in a Roman shipwreck. Given all the other items that he claimed was leather armour that has turned out not to be, I would wait until someone who knows something about armour examines it before taking it seriously.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books