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Bronze Campanian Breastplate, II.197. A bronze breastplate embossed to represent the muscling of the human torso- chest and stomach muscles are visible.
This breastplate forms part of the only complete armour from the ancient world in the Royal Armouries collection.
The complete armour is made up of a helmet, square breastplate, a pair of greaves, and a backplate, belt, pair of thigh defences and a bronze fragment from the neck defence of another helmet.
Said to have come from a tomb at Cumae near Naples.
Campanian (Italian) bronze thigh defencesThese thigh defences form part of the only complete armour from the ancient world in the Royal Armouries collection.