11-04-2007, 06:13 PM
Many late period helmets were given a silver sheathing, it is very difficult to imagine that this expensive decoration was allowed to turn black with silver oxide. Therefore polish, and fairly gentle polish at that, must have been used.
Ammianus (late 4th C.) also describes Roman troops in glittering armour.
Ammianus (late 4th C.) also describes Roman troops in glittering armour.
Martin
Fac me cocleario vomere!
Fac me cocleario vomere!