04-29-2014, 05:25 PM
Ok, first post since I finally managed to find my profile made ages ago.
From what I see most subarmalis reconstructions have been made as close fitting garments, laced tight. Also, from what I have been able to find in sources and studies, the subarmalis and thoracomachus seems to be seen as the same item, just from different time period.
I made a padded garment once with the intention of making something that would work equally well as a thoracomachus or as a "gambeson". Personally I try to use the old Scandinavian terms for it, våpentroje (litterary weaponshirt) or Pantzar, Also, from Norwegian medieval sources it is clear that by then padded armour was divided into two categories, weaponshirt and strong weaponshirt. A weaponshirt was meant to be worn as padding under Another piece of armour while a strong weaponshirt could be used as stand alone armour. These two could be combined, naturally.
Are there more sources to a stand alone roman textile armour?
From what I see most subarmalis reconstructions have been made as close fitting garments, laced tight. Also, from what I have been able to find in sources and studies, the subarmalis and thoracomachus seems to be seen as the same item, just from different time period.
I made a padded garment once with the intention of making something that would work equally well as a thoracomachus or as a "gambeson". Personally I try to use the old Scandinavian terms for it, våpentroje (litterary weaponshirt) or Pantzar, Also, from Norwegian medieval sources it is clear that by then padded armour was divided into two categories, weaponshirt and strong weaponshirt. A weaponshirt was meant to be worn as padding under Another piece of armour while a strong weaponshirt could be used as stand alone armour. These two could be combined, naturally.
Are there more sources to a stand alone roman textile armour?
