padded armour among byzantines

[Duncan Head]

Have a look at http://www.levantia.com.au/ to start with. From the Militaria page there's a link to "Kremasmata, Kabadion, Klibanion:
Some aspects of middle Byzantine military equipment reconsidered" that appeared in Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies; and some reconstructions of equipment, of which that of a "Roman" infantryman illustrates and discusses the felt kabadion.