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[Martin Moser]

If I recall correctly Junklemans "gater" as reconstructed in Das Spiel is based on a copy of a frieze from Pompeii (?) and is calf length leather and lace up. This one seems like a pull on and I got the impression that it may be mail ???

Yes, it definitely another style, covering maybe only 60% of what Junkelmann's reconstrucction does. I wouldn't have thought of mail when seeing it though. What sense would it make, the retiarius wants to be light and unencumbered and the protective value of that bit of mail would be minimal, no? For my part I always thought of it only as a means of securing the ankle and as that it works well in my personal experience. Well, I might be wrong there, of course :-) )