black musculataThe so called musculata, a cuirass shaped like a muscular torso, was worn from the 4th century BC to the 3rd century AD, first by the Greeks and later by the Romans. From the first half of the 16th century, the subarmalis came back into fashion! During the Renaissance, classical antiquity received special attention, which led to a new development in plate armor known as the allantica style. In the allantica style, the subarmalis was worn under the