10-05-2009, 05:53 AM
Regardless of the results obtained by different people's tests and their variations, I would agree with Dan - archaeologically and historically there is no evidence at all for 'glued linen' or what we might term 'ancient fibreglass' ( i.e. a woven strengthener in a matrix of resin ) :lol: :lol:
As far as I know, the idea of 'glued linen' originated with Peter Connolly in his "Greek Armies" (1977), and if not, then certainly popularised by him and has been blindly followed by many ever since - but without any evidence to support the idea. Connolly, whose work has inspired much interest in ancient Greek and Roman Warfare, was not immune to error and the occasional bad idea and even mistake - another one being his 'Carthaginian Pikeman' armed Macedonian style, which was based on a mistaken translation in Loeb.......
As far as I know, the idea of 'glued linen' originated with Peter Connolly in his "Greek Armies" (1977), and if not, then certainly popularised by him and has been blindly followed by many ever since - but without any evidence to support the idea. Connolly, whose work has inspired much interest in ancient Greek and Roman Warfare, was not immune to error and the occasional bad idea and even mistake - another one being his 'Carthaginian Pikeman' armed Macedonian style, which was based on a mistaken translation in Loeb.......
"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
