11-04-2019, 10:22 PM
Mail offer less protection for perforations and impact. It is the reason for which the Romans adopted the segmentata for more than 2 centuries, after the mail chain.
And, before Adrianople, the Rhine sector had been already near to the collapse. A great campaign from Julian emperor was necessary to Re-establish the control. Something similar in the East, where neither Julian was able to restore the border. This is far from being a good position.
For the social decline, Géza Alföldy has well exlained the relation between the social crisis and the impact on the army.
And we can continue.
But, all these are volatile topics.
For the quality of the helmets, there is the technical explanation, that well describe how the ridge helmet is far from the quality of an italic one. Instead of the volatile and soft arguments, try to see if it is possible to refute the technical explanation.
But, with a technical explanation, not with soft arguments which are always relative and can not compete with a technical explanation.
And, before Adrianople, the Rhine sector had been already near to the collapse. A great campaign from Julian emperor was necessary to Re-establish the control. Something similar in the East, where neither Julian was able to restore the border. This is far from being a good position.
For the social decline, Géza Alföldy has well exlained the relation between the social crisis and the impact on the army.
And we can continue.
But, all these are volatile topics.
For the quality of the helmets, there is the technical explanation, that well describe how the ridge helmet is far from the quality of an italic one. Instead of the volatile and soft arguments, try to see if it is possible to refute the technical explanation.
But, with a technical explanation, not with soft arguments which are always relative and can not compete with a technical explanation.
