viking lamellar armour for shoulder and body prote Kammen - chirurgie - verzorging Ovid was a Roman poet

Ovid was a Roman poet who lived from 43 BC to 17 AD

which was used primarily as a duelling and fashion sword

5 cm in length

From around 1515

this torque has been designed for warriors and men of stature

viking lamellar armour for shoulder and body prote Kammen - chirurgie - verzorging Ovid was a Roman poetThe scale armour is based on fragments found in the Viking city of Birka and in Visby on Gotland. Shell and slat armour was utilised from classical antiquity well into the Middle Ages. There are some examples where scale armour was also employed by the Vikings. This tradition may have been imported from the Byzantine Empire. The scale armour may be worn separately or over chain mail. It can be easily repaired with loose parts and adjusted to size.