01-15-2008, 04:53 PM
Yep, why would a Roman have used leather? Think about it. He would have had to go to the trouble of tanning it, then dying it. What for? It is useless as an armor. Linen and felt, on the other hand, have proven properties as armor.
"In war as in loving, you must always keep shoving." George S. Patton, Jr.