08-22-2010, 05:45 PM
Ignoring for the moment the relative merits of each armor type, ( and. of course, many sub-Roman Britons could afford no more than leather armor, some--leaders, perhaps--might have lorica hamata or lorica squamata.
My experience with such is limited to hefting a medieval hauberk, which must have weighed twenty pounds (~9kg). As said before I notice as many re-enactors heft their scutum, it looked really heavy. That is, they had to dip their shoulder and put their back into lifting it. You guys don't usually carry plumbata, do you? (I've seen that on a website.)
Still curious about a fully-kitted cavalry warrior "hopping" onto his horse. It would certainly be a skill improved by both repetition and conditioning, but if we posit relatively smaller people then adding the weight of a full kit, it seems to be quite a task to perform too many times a day.
My experience with such is limited to hefting a medieval hauberk, which must have weighed twenty pounds (~9kg). As said before I notice as many re-enactors heft their scutum, it looked really heavy. That is, they had to dip their shoulder and put their back into lifting it. You guys don't usually carry plumbata, do you? (I've seen that on a website.)
Still curious about a fully-kitted cavalry warrior "hopping" onto his horse. It would certainly be a skill improved by both repetition and conditioning, but if we posit relatively smaller people then adding the weight of a full kit, it seems to be quite a task to perform too many times a day.
"Fugit irreparabile tempus" (Irrecoverable time glides away) Virgil
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