Linothorax vs Quilted linen vs spolas

[Paullus Scipio]

Hardly the "wrong questions".....we have thus far debated the very existence of linen as an armour material for Greeks. We have established that Western Persians used Tube-and-Yoke linen armour, and that a quilted Tube-and-Yoke existed, and that Etruscans used quilted armour also. Greek references are scanty, but in the classical age at least, a hoplite Tube-and-Yoke probably existed made of leather, and called the 'spolas'. After coming into contact with Persian archery, this Tube-and-Yoke was re-inforced with metal scales or rectangular plates in varying forms.

The very term 'linothorax' is a misnomer - a modern term like 'lorica segmentata' though in this case there is virtually no evidence that such a thing existed in classical Greece, let alone what it's name was if it did exist.

I would venture to suggest that one might establish the existence of such a thing before asking questions such as those you pose about the construction of such a hypothetical object...... D