To: SunkenCiv; central_va
Learn something every day, my sincere apologies.
138 posted on
01/21/2019 4:16:43 PM PST by
Fred Nerks
(FAIR DINKUM!)
To: Fred Nerks; Flag_This; SunkenCiv
Roman “steel” used in armor was case hardened iron ( packing organic plant materials in with the the iron when beat into plates). If you want to call that steel then fine. But IMO it really wasn’t steel in the modern sense of the material.
139 posted on
01/21/2019 4:24:39 PM PST by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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