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Roman and Byzantine Scale Armour by Steven Lowe |
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Roman scale armour. Scales perhaps 1/2mm thick, the visible part of each scale is approx 20mm long x 10mm wide. Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (photograph by Steven Lowe) |
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| X-Ray of a Late Roman scale aventail, found in the UK. |
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| Scale armour discovered at a building site in Zeugma, in what is now Turkey. Probably Byzantine. The damage is from an earthmoving vehicle. |
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See also Lamellar armour in Armies of the Dark Ages 600-1066 by Ian Heath
Byzantine Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
Index of Illustrations of Costume and Soldiers