01-22-2020, 10:30 PM
(01-22-2020, 03:41 PM)Creon01 Wrote: That's a good question! We often use modern terms to describe stuff that we are not quite sure what the ancients called. Isn't it amazing we don't know exactly what something depicted thousands of times was actually called! "Tube and yoke" is probably the most accepted common phrase used by non-professionals and frankly it seems to be used more and more by professionals as well as it does accurately describe what the armor looked like. Without a picture one can immediately know what the person is wearing on the depiction with just a bit of education. As for what it was made of, how long was it used, which types of fighters wore it, what color it was, why was it abandoned, who first used it...etc., there is little consensus here or in academia. We all believe it's NOT just an artistic convention as some other things depicted probably are (fighting naked with a helmet pushed back on the head comes to mind), that it was a real thing used as armor in real battles, and that's about all we agree on. Unless new data has become available that's where we are at the moment.
Of course this does not answer your question does it? LOL
Not Really
but thanks all the same. Yes, It's kind of crazy how many differing opinions there are, all held by truly educated and intelligent people. History is fun.Levi
Levi Sherman
