05-10-2013, 11:34 AM
For those who are interested in the Persians I found the following papers (hardcopy and not electronic):
Neither the Less Valorous Nor the Weaker: Persian Military Might and the Battle of Plataia, Historia Band 61 Heft 1, 2012
Abstract: Argues that the technological differences between the Greeks and Persians was much less dramatic than is often assumed.
Herodotus, Body Armour and Achaemenid Infantry, Historia Band 61, Heft 3, 2012
Abstract: Argues that the Persian infantry of 479 BC did indeed wear body armour.
Neither the Less Valorous Nor the Weaker: Persian Military Might and the Battle of Plataia, Historia Band 61 Heft 1, 2012
Abstract: Argues that the technological differences between the Greeks and Persians was much less dramatic than is often assumed.
Herodotus, Body Armour and Achaemenid Infantry, Historia Band 61, Heft 3, 2012
Abstract: Argues that the Persian infantry of 479 BC did indeed wear body armour.
