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)
To: central_va
"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." I call Roman "steel" an alloy of iron and carbon, which is the definition of steel.
142 posted on
01/21/2019 4:42:53 PM PST by
Flag_This
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