07-28-2008, 05:30 PM
Quote:Greaves never fell out of fashion, and vambraces on Romans never existed from what we can tell. You may as well ask why didn't they use the katana, or stick to the aspis, or cover themselves comletely head to toe in mail?
Just one of those things I guess.
Hmmn, well from most re-enactment groups I see today I would say greaves were limited only to officers. That is the impression I think we give.
I know republican soldiers often wore one, and the triarii two, but it would seem to almost no re-enactment groups portray theur soldiers wearing greaves after 50BC and before 250AD (broadly). Why is that?
As for the vambraces, oh well.
