Sub-Roman Britain (Cavalry etc)

[dashydog]

I am unsure of the runic translation in this. Is this relevant to what we are discussing?

Its a well known rendition of a Sarmatian lancer..with the kontus shortened "to fit".
Note the lamella armour. Back then, those with no access to armouries, did it the traditional way...with horses hooves or cattle hooves. Almost inpenetrable, they said.
In my view, it was proablyu better than steel or bronze and much nicer to wear. But..the increasing fashion for Y chrom all male war bands made the horse hoof armour too expensive, slow and difficult to make.