PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoPLATE HISTORYlemmy.worldimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down11
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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoPlate armor is generally accepted to have been created ~1400 AD in Europe. The Romans, however, had a form of armor made of steel plates back ~100 AD, and are thus mocking the later ‘barbarians’ for thinking they invented it. Long before the Romans, the Myceneans in Greece had a period around ~1500 BCE in which they used armor made of overlapping bronze plates
Plate armor is generally accepted to have been created ~1400 AD in Europe.
The Romans, however, had a form of armor made of steel plates back ~100 AD, and are thus mocking the later ‘barbarians’ for thinking they invented it.
Long before the Romans, the Myceneans in Greece had a period around ~1500 BCE in which they used armor made of overlapping bronze plates
Thank you! So interesting