01-14-2006, 07:14 PM
Our aspides are in the range of 84-100cm, thus giving us cover from the chin to just above the knee. Greaves are useful, especially in the front rank.
John, your argument, that people wear less armour as they travel further to war seems to me to fail in every instance I consider. Romans going to Germany and Britain; Hoplites in the Anabasis and under Alexander; Crusaders, in every Crusade; Spaniards going to South America. Which examples did you have in mind? (No sarcasm intended).
I agree with you about the Scutum; it does seem to render protection, for all but the right arm, superfluous.
John, your argument, that people wear less armour as they travel further to war seems to me to fail in every instance I consider. Romans going to Germany and Britain; Hoplites in the Anabasis and under Alexander; Crusaders, in every Crusade; Spaniards going to South America. Which examples did you have in mind? (No sarcasm intended).
I agree with you about the Scutum; it does seem to render protection, for all but the right arm, superfluous.
