Armor

Armor

Armor can even be stated to be a thick shirt and often it was only that. Despite the fact good armor was always expensive, always armor has had cheaper variant capable of arming a whole army. From the beginning of time, humans have used leather and or thick clothing for defense against weapons. Some variations of armor included scale armor (similar to real scales only iron), chain mail which dates back to 300 BC, and simple plate of armor.

Early armor was either made of hardened leather or bronze. As time went on the Greeks and the Romans made especial use of armor since other nations preferred the shield above armor for the most part. Armor varied often making it difficult to define one kind of armor or piece of armor except for the breast plate.