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Glued Linen Armour- a simple test
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10-15-2009, 03:51 AM
Quote:Well,doesn anybody remeber if there is a reference of linen being better against arrows? Something to do with Iphicrates and the linen thorakes he used to re equip his troops? Or am i terribly mixing different stories? mmm,i'm sure if Iphicrates ever used linen thorakes this would have been mentioned in our threads. But who was it...a hellenistic general that re equipped his troops with linen armour???
More confused and confusing than any help in the discussion,sorry!
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I think Cornelius Nepos says that Iphicraphes had his men use linen armour instead of bronze. But of course Nepos is a late source, and Iphicrates might have been influenced by Egyptian practice.
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Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by Matt Lukes - 06-11-2009, 03:58 AM
Re: Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by geala - 06-23-2009, 10:30 AM
Re: Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by geala - 06-24-2009, 06:22 AM
Re: Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by geala - 06-25-2009, 09:51 AM
Re: Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by Kineas - 07-08-2009, 01:36 AM
Re: Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by Doc - 10-06-2009, 01:27 AM
Re: Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by Doc - 10-06-2009, 02:53 PM
Re: Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by Sean Manning - 10-15-2009, 03:51 AM
Re: Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by Kineas - 10-15-2009, 01:28 PM
Re: Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by Kineas - 10-15-2009, 07:16 PM
Re: Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by Kineas - 10-16-2009, 12:56 AM
Re: Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by Kineas - 10-16-2009, 03:42 AM
Re: Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by Kineas - 10-19-2009, 07:19 PM
Re: Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by Kineas - 11-06-2009, 03:42 PM
Re: Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by Kineas - 11-06-2009, 11:48 PM
Re: Glued Linen Armour- a simple test - by Doc - 11-22-2009, 07:26 AM

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