Why Early Warriors Left Their Hands Unarmored

You may have noticed that gauntlets, or any form of hand protection, don’t really become important until very late in history, that being approximately in the late middle ages. Yet your hand might seem like a very important body part to protect, since it is usually the part of your body closest to your opponent. And therefore the most likely to be hit. But the interesting thing is that, in antiquity, gauntlets never became any popular. So why is that the case? Let’s find out!