04-27-2007, 07:50 PM
Just to add something to the mix on the subject of metal or non-metal. A Roman musculata from the 1st C. BC/AD has been found, and it's in the Christies Axel Guttmann catalogue.
"163. A Roman bronze muscled breastplate, 1st Century BC/AD, 18.5 in. (47 cm) high." page 159
It is NOT this:
http://www.legionsix.org/musclecuirass.jpg
http://www.legionsix.org/Real%20Gear.htm
but is far more crude in comparison, with bulbous pectorals.
"163. A Roman bronze muscled breastplate, 1st Century BC/AD, 18.5 in. (47 cm) high." page 159
It is NOT this:
http://www.legionsix.org/musclecuirass.jpg
http://www.legionsix.org/Real%20Gear.htm
but is far more crude in comparison, with bulbous pectorals.
TARBICvS/Jim Bowers
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