11-01-2006, 10:54 AM
Quote:How good to see movies without the fake Hollywood polystyrene columned forums, the embarrasingly bad armour?Gladiator didn't have "embarrassingly bad armour"?
FWIW any leather armour that is thick enough to offer any sort of protection is heavier than metal armour. Why do you think that metal was the preferred material for making armour?
I also enjoyed HBO's Rome series, though only after I successfully suspended disbelief
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