08-09-2018, 04:11 PM
Is it safe to assume that there was no such thing as a uniform panoply in terms of looks - even in more professionalized armies like Sparta or the Sacred Band of Thebes? That helmets, greaves and cuirasses were of different make, models and even materials and therefore would be quite different from another? And that those differences in make, alloys, contamination and age would give for example helmets different patinas - so that in the same units one would see some with black helmets, some with green mixed in with those that were new and shining?
Ive read that some pieces of armour in ancient Greece was protected with a coating of tinn. What exactly did this protect against - bronze disease or just verdigris? How common was this practice and to what extent did it work?
Ive read that some pieces of armour in ancient Greece was protected with a coating of tinn. What exactly did this protect against - bronze disease or just verdigris? How common was this practice and to what extent did it work?
