Linothorax again

[hoplite14gr]

Well "I learn as I grow older".
Your efforts make made me think that loose order ancient infnatry was not necessarily "light" infantry. Troops apearing to fight with just their chitons are not so unprotected as we might think!
Brine technique would be more available to coastal or island troops.
Cotton could be available to Kyrenean or Seleucidic or Greco-bactrian troops.
I do not know when coton made it to Europe.
Its logical that if you can survive with "light armor" the arrows and javelins which seems very likely as I understood from the members experiments, you can close with the "nasties" and skewer them!
Keep in mind that most blows and aiming in battle is erratic so this armor might be what you need!
You idea of combined types "fabric armor" is certainly interesting.
Kind regards
Stefanos