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Illustration of an Imperial Roman legionary wearing a straw hat for relief from the sun (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That was a weakness, which is part of the reason why manica were sometimes used. On the whole, though, it seems to have been regarded as an acceptable tradeoff for mobility.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Interesting! Partially-attached arm-armor.