Metal plate beneath Linothorakes or Spolades

[Dan Howard]

There is more than enough evidence to suggest that some Greek organic armour was reinforced with scales. Where is the evidence to demonstrate that they were all made of bronze and not iron? Who is the jabberer?

The "Assyria was an Empire" argument is complete bollocks. The Greeks had plenty of resources available. Why did people change from bronze weapons to iron? It had nothing to do with iron's superiority as a weapon material. The only logical reason is cost and availability. Iron is more difficult to produce than bronze but the cost is more than offset by the fact that the raw materials are much more readily available. Cost cannot be reasonably used as an argument against iron scale. Nor can technology - swords and spear heads are far more difficult to produce than iron scales, yet they were produced in their thousands.