07-27-2014, 11:56 PM
Ok 32 degrees celsius ( 90 degrees fahrenheit if I am right ) is quite an exaggeration, no ancient army went to fight in such a heat.
And if they had to fight ( major battles excpeting skirmishes ) they did it either early in the morning or in the late afternoon.
Maybe if there was a breeze from sea there would maybe be an exception.
But you are right that leather is as a material more insulating then metal.
However it must be noted that Pharaonic charioteers wore leather scale armour.
Maybe we I and you as a reanactor can't perceive how far the limit is for natives to endure the enviroment.
As much as a US soldier in Afghanistan can't understand how the Afghanis can sleep through ice cold nights, with only one blanket, on the floor and in a non heated building.
By the way what tunic do you wear? Is it such a Persian tunic which gets lots of air through?
And if they had to fight ( major battles excpeting skirmishes ) they did it either early in the morning or in the late afternoon.
Maybe if there was a breeze from sea there would maybe be an exception.
But you are right that leather is as a material more insulating then metal.
However it must be noted that Pharaonic charioteers wore leather scale armour.
Maybe we I and you as a reanactor can't perceive how far the limit is for natives to endure the enviroment.
As much as a US soldier in Afghanistan can't understand how the Afghanis can sleep through ice cold nights, with only one blanket, on the floor and in a non heated building.
By the way what tunic do you wear? Is it such a Persian tunic which gets lots of air through?