From the ancient times the soliders always tried to protect their body, for hunting as well as war fighting. Egyptians, Greeks and Roman protected their body with leather, metal rings and plates, but the big developing in the armours starts in the XIV century and reach the maximum splendour in the XVI centuries along the Charles the Fifth and Philip the Second kingdoms.
Art Gladius brings this Templar armour, including the templar cross, as a tribute to the Templar Knights.