Ancient \"Kevlar\"

[Dan Howard]

It is an interesting exercise in experimental archaeology but there is nothing in the texts to indicate how linen armour was manufactured and no surviving examples dating to this time period. If you look at layered linen armour from other cultures then it is highly unlikely that glue was ever used. It would have been a far better use of resources to experiment with different ways of assembling quilted linen rather than wasting time with glue. There is also very little to indicate that the Greeks ever wore it. Most of the documents about linen armour are about other cultures wearing it, not Greeks. Alexander had at least three different cuirasses and the only one described as linen was taken from a Persian corpse.