Question of late roman greaves and banbraces
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Question of late roman greaves and banbraces
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06-07-2006, 09:18 PM
Is it historical acurately this tipe of greaves for the late roman period (III to V century)?
Titus Amatius Paulus
commilito legionis VIIII Hispaniae et Septimanorum seniorum Aka: Pablo Amado 
06-07-2006, 11:47 PM
Funny that you ask, but I thought about buying these Mardinus greaves about a year ago, too....
But we reached the conlusion that they are most probably (but not entirely certain) too late for our period. We'd like to think they became more common from the 6thc. onwards.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
06-08-2006, 01:22 AM
ya i'd say so as well.
 vendal culture no? maybe some byzant. influence?
Tiberius Claudius Lupus
Chuck Russell Keyser,WV, USA [url:em57ti3w]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/flonzy/Roman/index.htm[/url]
06-08-2006, 06:13 AM
Eastern influence, yes.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12) |
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