05-20-2009, 04:39 PM
Quote:Actually we do have. Didn't Iphicrates use linen cuirasses?
I agree with all the above comments on the unreliability of Nepos, but I wanted to point out that if the armor in fact was Linen, then this would be evidence against the commonly seen T-Y being a "linothorax", since it is a reform from the previous norm that is being described.
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
