03-22-2009, 02:49 AM
Quote:PMBardunias:2avr6f4g Wrote:Quote:Etruscan & punic armour take the sacrad band "Iron armour "Ok what type unknown !,
For what my opinion is worth, I had to consider this when I was writing the AW article on Bagradas, I think the iron armour was lamellar like the Etruscan example above. Such armour was more popular in the near east than it was in Greece, so it made sense to me that the Etruscans adopted it from their close contacts with Carthage.
All the colour depictions we have of Etruscan lamellar armour like that of the Mars Todi show the plates as off-white in colour. Whatever they may be made of, iron seems unlikely.
Im sure white is used to represent bright metals :?
Hannibal ad portas ! Dave Bartlett . " War produces many stories of fiction , some of which are told until they are believed to be true." U S Grant