Talk:Clothing in ancient Rome

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Translated from French. Unsure of how to reference. Proof-read. Enjoy.Spite & Malice 09:23, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] leather armor

"The Romans knew how to make supple leather and tough leather (through boiling) for use as armor" - The idea of roman leather armor is generally seen in recent (post 1970) scholarship as an invalid interpretation of artistic sources and detracts from the quality of this article in the eyes of knowledgeable readers, have modified with a [citation required] with a view to removing the statement "(through boiling) for use as armor" and rephrasing the resultant fragmentary sentence at a later date if citations cannot be provided. Thoughts? Nathandbeal (talk) 10:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Left this be for a month, clearly no issue with the proposed change, going ahead Nathandbeal (talk) 08:51, 23 January 2008 (UTC)