(11-02-2013, 06:11 AM)LiadansWhisper Wrote:(11-02-2013, 05:54 AM)Clover Wrote:(10-31-2013, 06:51 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: Edited to Add: I wanted to clarify this: I don't understand the idea that arms must show in "desert wear." Â The reason that people who live in primarily arid locations wear covering clothing is that this actually keeps you cooler than if you expose your skin and face to the sun. Â So the idea of going half-naked in the desert just...boggles my mind. Â xDWell, Colliseum gear is, as far as I know, only worn by Ul'dah NPCs, and the Miqo'tes from U tribe don't wear heavy looking armour either.
To me, it's just about how sophisticated and civilized the armour looks. To each their own.
(Also, think of Spartacus and then tell me how well protected he was for battle.)
Sparticus on TV or Sparticus in Antiquity? Â The two are not the same. Â
Plus, what a Gladiator might wear into combat isn't going to be the same as what an actual soldier/warrior would wear. Â Gladiatorial games, by nature, are far more about the pagentry than about what a warrior would actually wear into combat were he free to choose.
(Then again, supposedly the Germanic Tribes (and later on, the Picts) went into combat buck ass naked and painted blue, if you believe the stories, so...)
 From what I know about the Coliseum and the gladiators who fought in it-- You actually got every single piece of gear from your theme that -actual- warriors wore in -actual- combat. The only thing that I think no one used in the arena was the official battle dress of the legion. Otherwise you wore the same amount of armor and such that the cultural warriors whom Rome had faced wore into battle.
That's not to say there wasn't a bit of pageantry in other aspects of the Coliseum besides the gladiatorial games but for the most part you simply filled a niche from whichever style you fit best. If you happened to be a slave or a warrior who'd been taken from that country that was familiar with that style of fighting, bully for you, but otherwise most got trained via lanista to handle their things.
They just didn't wear a ton of armor to begin with during those times. More over, Roman soldiers wore less by the time of Nero than they did at the time of Caesar.
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