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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Which span of years is this worn?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Teenage to middle-aged adult

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Could probably put it anywhere from the 6th-12th century AD, possibly even a wider range. I'm not an expert on Byzantine armor history, unfortunately.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

mail shirt might have been the longest running armor type of all time.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Only when it came from the big and tall shops. The rest was just off the rack average.

this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2025
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