04-27-2006, 06:36 PM
Hi Paul
I reconstructed the same thing in Roman Military Clothing 3, Plate C.3 it was worn in that instance over armour.
The same thing can be seen on a number of other sources notably on silver plates now in the Hermitage showing Imperial guardsmen in this case without any armour. They could represent a throwback to the traditional mail shirt with it's shoulder reinforcement or even the lorica segmentata.
Graham.
Quote:I saw this detail on a silver plate. The plate dates from 6th century AD (a bit late for our period) and shows Ajax and Odysseus arguing over Achilles' armour- including this apparent sub armalis...
I reconstructed the same thing in Roman Military Clothing 3, Plate C.3 it was worn in that instance over armour.
The same thing can be seen on a number of other sources notably on silver plates now in the Hermitage showing Imperial guardsmen in this case without any armour. They could represent a throwback to the traditional mail shirt with it's shoulder reinforcement or even the lorica segmentata.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.