06-03-2009, 10:09 PM
"light" and "heavy" are relative terms....the construction method of the Olynthus fragments, dating from roughly Philip's siege (348 BC), and being of 'ply' i.e. criss-crossed strips would produce a thinner, lighter shield of a given strength than one using the earlier method of turning from solid wood......
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(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
(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