05-17-2010, 01:51 AM
Whilst I'd agree that linen corselets almost certainly existed in Italy, (Gelon of Syracuse sent linen Carthaginian corselets to Olympia as trophies, and at this time aprox, Cartaginians and Etruscans were close allies) the colour of depictions is hardly decisive, since a pale colour could just as easily be leather, as could a 'sewn' corselet.......
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
