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

3391.923 - 3415.711 Gregory Aldrete

So we have nice typologies of Greek armor made of bronze, Roman armor made of steel or sort of proto steel. But this thing, this line of thorax was a mystery. And one of my undergraduate students, a guy named Scott Bartell, had a real – well, an Alexander obsession. He really loved Alexander. As one should. He had Alexandros tattooed on his arm in Greek. And he was a smart student.