[TL] Iron/Steel Bracers, Greaves TL?

[DanHoward]

Originally Posted by Verjigorm

IT's not likely the roman greaves were worn for protection from arrows: the romans had a habit of only wearing the left greave.

Polybius says that some of the hastati wore only one greave. He implies that these men were too poor to be able to afford two of them. If this is the case then the threat is irrelevant since they wore all the armour they could afford. The principes and triarii wore two greaves.