Protect thyself. Shields, helmets and armor.

Ancient Warfare Podcast

The History Network

Society & Culture, Greece, Warfare, Ancient, Rome, History, Military

4.4 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2011

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Jasper, Murray, Mike and Lindsay take a trip down memory lane and revisit Ancient Warfare magazine I.III "Protect thyself. Shields, helmets and armor."

Starting with why we need armour we take a trip through the ancient world covering arms and armour from the Greeks to the late Roman Empire.

Dur: 51min

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ancient Warfare Magazine podcast produced by the History Network. If you have any
0:06.4	comments or ideas, email editor at ancient-warfare.com. And for other discussions, check out the
0:15.4	ancient warfare forum, which you can find a link to at www.com.
0:24.4	You can also find all the History Network podcasts by going to www.thehistorynetwork.org.
0:32.5	Hi everyone. We're back with another ancient warfare discussion. This time we're going back to one of our very first issues, issue one three, which dealt with protection, helmets, shields, and armor.
0:48.1	And with me tonight are the usual suspects, Murray Dom, this time in Iowa.
0:53.7	Hello.
0:54.7	Lindsay Powell, as always in Iowa. Hello. Lindsay Powell, as always in Texas.
0:57.4	Hello.
0:58.1	And Michael Taylor in California.
1:00.0	We've got a whole American trio here.
1:04.0	Hello.
1:06.3	Note located in America only.
1:10.7	How should we start off today?
1:13.4	Lindsay, maybe you can give us a boost.
1:16.6	Why would people wear armor?
1:18.6	Why do you need protection?
1:19.8	Very simply because you will die if you don't have protection.
1:22.6	The issues that it raises are, it really comes down to the opponent that you're fighting.
1:27.7	So if you're dealing with slashing weapons which come down, you need shoulder protection.
1:31.8	If you've got spears, you need protection for the main thorax and so on.
1:36.8	So it seems to be, it's very clear through the different theatres of war in the ancient world
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