Corbridge A Breastplates - to cross or not cross diagonally?

[marsvigilia]

Well, most armourer's would make armour to fit the intended wearer, so perhaps he has a good reason to make the plates larger, giving the size of some of his customers.......

But Sean appears to be more than doubling the size of the breast plates. hung vertically, the original plates would maybe fit a two foot tall leprechuan. Is that the secret of the legions? They were really leprechauns. Wait the rest of the armor would be too big for leprechauns. So what to do?

If we start with vertical plates as an absolute, then why are the breast plates magically small with a 2 inch death grip on the neck? While the rest of the armor might be for a smaller person, but not a leprechaun. What to do? What to do?

Well the breast plates could be rotated so they cross at an angle. But no, that would mean changing our mind about the whole vertical thing. The obvious solution is to ignore the evidence, double the size of the breast plates, change their shape, and "alacazam" problem solved.

This makes so much more sense than just rotating them a little. (drip with sarcasm)

Bottom line when evidence contradicts theory, change the theory not the evidence.