08-30-2016, 12:47 AM
Sorry I edited the post to include the Gladius. Why was it so overwhelmingly popular for 5-7 centuries? And why wouldn't Medieval armies, especially the Eastern Romans continue using a cheap, effective armor? (no condescension meant).
Did some other form of cheap armor appear during this period, and how often did these armies send in soldiers that could've been better served by a Segmentata-like-armor instead of being unarmored/lightly armored? Why was the Gladius abandoned too? Cavalry I suppose?
And finally, your theory on the dodecahedron? Probably made them to be an enigma and to baffle historians for eternity.
Did some other form of cheap armor appear during this period, and how often did these armies send in soldiers that could've been better served by a Segmentata-like-armor instead of being unarmored/lightly armored? Why was the Gladius abandoned too? Cavalry I suppose?
And finally, your theory on the dodecahedron? Probably made them to be an enigma and to baffle historians for eternity.
Christopher Vidrine, 30
