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Published: 2018-02-23 04:56:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 229; Favourites: 9; Downloads: 4
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A suit of armor featured in the Da Vinci exhibit in the Natural History museum recently.Looks highly sturdy, but perhaps a tad difficult to perform deft maneuvers in.
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Nice, I wonder how they handled wearing those back in the old ages.
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Amazingly they're more flexible than most people tend to think! Just putting them on was difficult, and they were very hot and probably prone to not smell great after a while....
But people could get up from the ground in them, ride horses, march, fight, everything just fine.... Only getting them off, repairing them and staying cool (or warm!) in them would be a challenge for sure!
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Cool, despite the smell and the difficulties of the armor. But they still did their duty.
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What time period would something like this be worn
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Likely 16th century, when armor got heavier.... People stopped using shields since the armor was more than adequate enough; one simply focused on their weapon and the opponent before them.
Though they were almost phased out by this point, muskets were becoming a thing, which made armor all but moot in some battles!
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And the Colonel Knight Rider Armor Award goes to…the long-deceased Italian smith who crafted this suit!
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It's not every day that I tell people in the comments section when they've won the award, but hey, since you're a great friend who knows all about weapons and defense against them, I was hoping for the day I would be able to say you won.
Now, while we're on the subject of Italians and armor, I remember learning about the Elmeti from the surprisingly educational Age of Empires series:
"The Elmeti were non-noble knights of Italy. Their name is derived form the Italian term for helmet, referring to the headgear they wore along with their finely crafted plate armor. The Elmeti fought in a series of skirmishes between Italy and other European states during the latter half of the fifteenth century. One key battle occurred in 1487 at Ponte di Crevola, where the Milanese army, led by Trivulzio, defeated Swiss forces in a battle that foreshadowed nearly a half century of further European encroaches into Italy - a period now known as the Italian Wars."
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I figured this might pique your interest! To the extent that it did is awesome!
Age of Empires is a good game I think, since it teaches a lot of history that way. The combat in it is a little.... Cartoonish (a health-bar system) but the actual stories behind the historical events are all accurate!
...I remember in Age of Empires II discovering the best strategy for defense was a staggered system of guard towers. If I did it right, AI players would fall for my trap and try to use siege weapons against other buildings, destroying themselves before they got in range.
And for going against other human players, it provided a frustrating wall of arrows for them to get through before they were a genuine threat!
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