11-16-2007, 05:41 PM
Ave,
As someone who has made an ornate cuirass from scratch (it’s nearly done :roll: ), using leather and metal cast appliqués for the decoration, I have encountered multiple inconstancies that now have me theorizing that the flexible garment is actually layered linen.
The flexible garment could very well be a natural progression of the Hellenistic Greek Linothorax and the stiff metal undecorated Greek Cuirass combined into a flexible ornate Roman garment favored by the upper class.
A lightweight, flexible, layered linen garment would provide good protection for Emperors who are not front line troops and did not need to wear heavy super strong metal segmented armor.
Also, as I have previously mentioned, it is very possible that when in battle they wore a Plumata over the cuirass or wore chainmaile underneath.
I think we need to stop saying the word “Armorâ€
As someone who has made an ornate cuirass from scratch (it’s nearly done :roll: ), using leather and metal cast appliqués for the decoration, I have encountered multiple inconstancies that now have me theorizing that the flexible garment is actually layered linen.
The flexible garment could very well be a natural progression of the Hellenistic Greek Linothorax and the stiff metal undecorated Greek Cuirass combined into a flexible ornate Roman garment favored by the upper class.
A lightweight, flexible, layered linen garment would provide good protection for Emperors who are not front line troops and did not need to wear heavy super strong metal segmented armor.
Also, as I have previously mentioned, it is very possible that when in battle they wore a Plumata over the cuirass or wore chainmaile underneath.
I think we need to stop saying the word “Armorâ€
Vale!
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Antonivs Marivs Congianocvs
aka_ANTH0NY_C0NGIAN0
My ancient coin collection:
[url:3lgwsbe7]http://www.congiano.com/MyCoins/index.htm[/url]