01-15-2010, 05:12 AM
Paul B. wrote:
Not sure of the connection here? As you say, the vase figure depicts an Asiatic in quilted T-and-Y, not a Hoplite.....
Quote:the T-Y corselets seen on many Asians............If, as I believe for hoplites the aspis rim rested on against the front, left shoulder and chest, then a broad, stiff flap like the Yoke would distribute the force quite nicely. Moreso if it were made of hardened leather.
Not sure of the connection here? As you say, the vase figure depicts an Asiatic in quilted T-and-Y, not a Hoplite.....
"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
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(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
