05-02-2014, 12:24 PM
Quote:@Dan HowardThe whole point of lamellar was to eliminate the need for a backing. If the construction can't hold together with just lacing then it is scale, not lamellar.
Why isn't it lamellar then? I mean, show me how in the way the Klivanion was constructed it did not make it lamellar, because I'm pretty sure the leather piece is just an innovation in defence/padding like Lorica segmentata in that it absorbs blows. The Lames connect to each other, the leather pieces are separate and don't hold the piece together as a backing like Scale armr.
And a lot of Lamellar has a leather backing AFAIK.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books