Description

"While we may not know when the combat glove originated, we do know that its use was widespread enough to be discussed in such tomes as Homer's Iliad, which originated around 650 BC. According to Homer, the coverings, or himantes as they were known, were made of strips of oxhide. The fighters would wrap these strips across their knuckles and had loops which went around the fingers. All of this is a far cry from Virgil's description in the Aeneid (circa 30-10 BC). Here the coverings are described more akin to a gauntlet that produced a force so powerful that Entellus was able to defeat a bull with a single blow."