#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

3322.405 - 3345.876 Gregory Aldrete

It's solid steel, which is very good protection, but it's flexible because it has these individual bands that provide a lot of movement. And then you have a helmet, you have a square shield that's kind of curved, and you have the short sword, the Roman gladius. And that's kind of the classic Roman legionary. Later, more things develop. My personal sort of relationship with armor is I got –