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[Alanus]

Back to you, Sutoris

You did a great job, and the aventail looks quite "eastern"... which I like. I, too, have thought of making an armored kaftan. If I do, I'm going to add protectors down the thighs in cavalry fashion. Simonenko has noted that Sarmato/Alanic armor also included lamellar, and I have also seen plate armor at the upper body. It would be great to make armor that combined all the styles into one unit. This type is very old and adopted by the Eastern Zhao around 400BC. The Emperor decreed that his cavalry had to wear "barbarian" clothing. Combo armor is seen on the Orlat Battle Plaque, and it was still worn into the late Han Dynasty, c. AD 200. We don't really know what exact style reached Europe through the Sarmatians but I think the diversity we see coming from Duro Europa is an indicator that lamellar was a reality.