05-21-2019, 05:34 AM
Why would he carry an enemy onto his ship? Was he then able to claim the armour or a ransom?
Perhaps it was an enemy commander or hero. Maybe the enemy was wounded and on a sinking ship, there wasn’t time to take his armour off or Iphicrates own ship was in danger and had to move away quickly.
Does this echo some event in the Odessy/Illiad?
What did Persian marines wear? Pictures I've seen suggest scale armour on a padded vest.
Was the enemy an Ionian Greek or Spartan perhaps?
How would he carry a man in full armour – drag him or throw him over his shoulder?
How do you get on and off a trireme in battle while carrying a fully armoured man?
Perhaps it was an enemy commander or hero. Maybe the enemy was wounded and on a sinking ship, there wasn’t time to take his armour off or Iphicrates own ship was in danger and had to move away quickly.
Does this echo some event in the Odessy/Illiad?
What did Persian marines wear? Pictures I've seen suggest scale armour on a padded vest.
Was the enemy an Ionian Greek or Spartan perhaps?
How would he carry a man in full armour – drag him or throw him over his shoulder?
How do you get on and off a trireme in battle while carrying a fully armoured man?
