12-09-2006, 11:55 AM
Quote:the extra coverage on the armpits, stomach, groin, and thighs that mail provides.Aren't you discussing later hamatae there? The ones from the Flavian period protected quite the same area as the segmentata did, am I right?
And would a subarmalis not add that extra protection?
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)