Glued Linen Armour- a simple test

[rocktupac]

Contemporary means "from the time of the items in question" ie 6th, 5th, and 4th century BC. A contemporary source is one from the period under discussion. There are no contemporary mentions of linen armor, save the one line in Alcaeus, and he's Lesbian-Aeolian. Contemporary does NOT mean 3rd c. or 2nd c. or Roman or Medieval or an Osprey book. Okay?

I read Classical Greek. If you do not read Greek and you don't know the Greek sources, and if you think "contemporary" means "modern," I have to assume that you are not a trained historian. That's not a dis--please don't take it as such. I just want to know what to aim my arguments at!

I didn't even realize I made that error until I read this post. I read your original post far too quickly and completely misunderstood what you were saying. I thought you meant our contemporaries; I totally misread it. :oops: For the record, I do not think 'contemporary' means 'modern'. :mrgreen:

...And no, I am not an archaeologist :wink: