Quote Originally Posted by The Wizard
Sure some barbarians fought naked, but come now, the Parthians wouldn't fight shirtless unless all the shirts in Persia would be burned. Persians (and the Parthians, who eventually adopted the Persian customs) knew that it is better to wear multiple layers of clothes which cover all your body in heat rather than shorts and short sleeves and only one layer.

And what is this bullshit about Parthians coming from the desert in the Parthian intro movie? Great... the Parthians come from Arabia... might as well have the Romans come from Londinium. -_-;



~Wiz
I beleive the area the parthians occupied was pretty cold, i mean compared to other regions, so it was pretty easy to operate while wearing heavy armour.