11-01-2016, 02:40 PM
(11-01-2016, 01:37 PM)Crispianus Wrote: "The belts on the two armored riders serve no practical purpose and have been correctly associated with the “Persian girdle”
This is surely not correct and yet another indictment of making such claims without actually wearing one. I know this because a) the belt I have on my T-Y serves a purpose, and b) we see on vases from the 5thc belts being tied by arming hoplites.
