Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body.
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The religions of ancient Greece and Rome are extinct. The so-called divinities of Olympus have not a single worshipper among living men.Thomas Bulfinch
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