01-12-2012, 08:11 PM
PMBardunias wrote:
Haha, knew I'd be called on this! And of course, you are absolutely correct - absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. I meant, figuratively at least, that in our little world of obsessive devotees and replicators of classical history, instead of seeing re-enactors donning a linothorax, they will be instead attempting to recreate a leather spolas, wouldn't you agree?
Quote:If this is correct, that hundreds of hoplites, in full regalia, have been discovered all wearing leather spolas...wouldn't that be just about the last nail in the coffin for the linothorax/spolas debate?
Actually no. This is something of a classical logical fallacy.
Haha, knew I'd be called on this! And of course, you are absolutely correct - absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. I meant, figuratively at least, that in our little world of obsessive devotees and replicators of classical history, instead of seeing re-enactors donning a linothorax, they will be instead attempting to recreate a leather spolas, wouldn't you agree?
Alexander