Phaeton's Ancient Historian Greg Aldrete experiments here with replica Roman legionary armor and weaponry, gaining first-hand appreciation for the weight and complexity of the technology that helped carve out the Roman empire. Although Greg is a historian, he does not confine himself to the library and does not shy from physical investigation of the evidence where it can illuminate his understanding of the historical record. In this elaborate replica armor Greg is vividly living up to the Phaeton philosophy "il faut aller voir," or "you have to see for yourself."