Timeline for After the fall of the Roman Empire, where did their armor go? Was it used by any dark ages forces?
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| May 15, 2018 at 19:35 | comment | added | Luaan | Additionally, you're assuming the forces that remained in Europe had use for Roman-style weaponry and armour. The Romans relied on large amounts of highly disciplined heavy infantry troops. This simply wasn't how people fought in the "early middle ages" - indeed, it would have been a huge waste of training and manpower. Rather than large standing armies, feudal lords had relatively small warbands and raised levies when necessary. With a few exceptions, that wouldn't much change until almost the Renaissance (though there was a gradual increase over time). | |
| May 15, 2018 at 16:36 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackHistory/status/996428998858215426 | ||
| May 15, 2018 at 11:53 | comment | added | David Richerby | I think there's a fundamental problem with the premise, here. You seem to be assuming that one day, there was a fully functioning imperial army and then, the next day, the empire disappeared, leaving armour neatly stacked on the barracks shelves. It wasn't like that. | |
| May 15, 2018 at 9:07 | history | edited | Lars Bosteen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 15, 2018 at 7:29 | answer | added | Jos | timeline score: 12 | |
| May 15, 2018 at 5:37 | answer | added | Paul Hutton | timeline score: 48 | |
| May 15, 2018 at 4:37 | answer | added | Alex | timeline score: 35 | |
| May 15, 2018 at 1:31 | comment | added | MCW♦ | How long do you think a piece of armor lasts? | |
| May 15, 2018 at 1:30 | history | edited | MCW♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 15, 2018 at 0:18 | history | asked | Sydney Sleeper | CC BY-SA 4.0 |