Recreating a Greek Cavalryman

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I agree it is better placed here.

Byron, I'm a beginner when it comes to things Greek. But I suspect you are refering to the arm and thigh guards from Olympia. There are more upper arm guards than lower ones, probably seldom used, and disappearing by the end of the 6th century. At least 100 years before Xenophon.

Xenophon talks about a newly invented bit of arm for the shoulder, arm, and elbow, being so constructed as to extend and contract. Rather like a manica.

Thanks John. I was thinking of the example in the BM.
But I haven't read all of Xenopon, so will go with that. Looking on those coins on anotherthread, you can see a mainca on one rider, and what looks to me to be acorinthian on another.