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As the title suggests, I was curious as to the relative strength of the armors that we can manufacture today as compared to the actual specimens (before decay). THis is for all armors and all eras. ie, modern plate vs. 15th century plate and modern maille vs. 9th century maille. Im also curious...

Misconception: Roman "lorica segmenta", or the plate armor used by Romans, was far more effective than mail. Truth: The fact that the lorica segmenta was used for only about 60 years (and the fact that only Romans used it) suggests that it was not as good as people claimed it was. --credit...