11-21-2008, 07:41 PM
Perhaps I've misunderstood, but I thought Paul B. was saying that the rim held the shield together to prevent the massive crushing forces that he postulates for 'othismos', hence needed to be single-piece, and possibly 'shrunk' into place, something akin to the tyre iron on a wagon wheel's rim.......
To me , l didn't think this idea feasible ( consider the thick iron of a wagon wheel tyre) and in any event, the bronze is on the face, not the edge as such....imagine how a tyre iron would work fitted to the side of the wheel?
If a strengthening piece was needed, it is more likely to be the iron circular re-inforcement fitted to the inside of later, probably thinner, aspides.
To me , l didn't think this idea feasible ( consider the thick iron of a wagon wheel tyre) and in any event, the bronze is on the face, not the edge as such....imagine how a tyre iron would work fitted to the side of the wheel?
If a strengthening piece was needed, it is more likely to be the iron circular re-inforcement fitted to the inside of later, probably thinner, aspides.
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"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
(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
