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suppose you're a post roman British (pre-Saxon) warrior (not sure if "soldier" is appropriate here) in AD515, what sort of weaponry and armour would you likely have? now Suppose you're an Anglo-Saxon warrior 280 years later in AD795, how different would your weaponry and armour be?

by /u/grapp in /r/AskHistorians

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