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09-22-2015, 08:26 AM
Quote:Dr Mike Burns, in the q&a at the end of his paper [i]The South Italic cuirass from the 6th to 3rd centuries BC, mentioned that the familiar 'square' Roman cardiophylax was basically invented by Peter Connelly! He said that Peter had admitted there was no real evidence for it. When asked for his view, Dr Burns turned to a slide showing a late Italic muscled breastplate - 'I think it looked like that', he said.[/i]

Renatus wrote:
"To add a couple of points to Nathan's comments: Peter Connolly's rendition of the Roman cardiophylax was, he told Dr Burns, based on Polybius' description of it as being a brass plate a span square but, as Nathan says, there was no other evidence for it"

I don't count myself as any kind of expert in this but:

I am actually surprised at this as P.F.Stary in his study "Zur Eisenzeitlichen Bewaffnung und Kampfrsweisen in Mittelitalien", lists no less then 13 pectorals(pektorale) and 40 Herzpanzer apparently concentrated in central Italy(east and west coast), although these appear to be much earlier then Polybius's description which would otherwise appear to be correct...... perhaps what he meant was, there was no physical evidence from Polybius's TIME of Roman use of such a piece..... on the other hand Polybius could have been way out with his hand span approximation ?
Ivor

"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
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Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Renatus - 02-19-2015, 04:21 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Longovicium - 02-19-2015, 04:47 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Nathan Ross - 02-19-2015, 06:08 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Flavivs Aetivs - 02-19-2015, 10:17 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Longovicium - 02-19-2015, 10:55 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Renatus - 02-19-2015, 11:24 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Flavivs Aetivs - 02-20-2015, 01:00 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Longovicium - 02-20-2015, 06:11 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Vindex - 02-20-2015, 08:35 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Renatus - 02-20-2015, 09:14 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Renatus - 02-20-2015, 01:36 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Renatus - 02-20-2015, 06:44 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Vindex - 02-20-2015, 08:30 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Renatus - 02-20-2015, 10:42 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Longovicium - 02-21-2015, 12:50 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Renatus - 02-21-2015, 07:01 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Longovicium - 02-21-2015, 07:32 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Vindex - 02-21-2015, 11:07 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by mcbishop - 02-22-2015, 05:54 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Graham Sumner - 02-22-2015, 04:25 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by FlaviusCrispus - 02-22-2015, 08:09 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Renatus - 02-22-2015, 10:58 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Vindex - 02-23-2015, 10:56 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Graham Sumner - 07-09-2015, 02:17 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Caratacus - 07-11-2015, 10:10 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Macedon - 07-11-2015, 11:22 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Renatus - 07-15-2015, 09:45 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Nathan Ross - 07-15-2015, 10:30 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Vindex - 07-19-2015, 09:06 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by mcbishop - 07-19-2015, 01:09 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Renatus - 07-19-2015, 01:22 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Vindex - 07-19-2015, 01:49 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Renatus - 07-19-2015, 04:38 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Vindex - 07-19-2015, 05:33 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Nathan Ross - 07-21-2015, 10:01 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Renatus - 07-21-2015, 11:19 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Macedon - 07-21-2015, 02:03 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Graham Sumner - 07-22-2015, 02:14 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by mcbishop - 08-14-2015, 07:23 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Nathan Ross - 08-14-2015, 09:44 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by mcbishop - 09-21-2015, 07:06 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Renatus - 09-21-2015, 09:41 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by richard - 09-21-2015, 09:59 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Nathan Ross - 09-21-2015, 10:25 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by mcbishop - 09-22-2015, 06:22 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Crispianus - 09-22-2015, 08:26 AM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Renatus - 09-22-2015, 03:53 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Crispianus - 09-22-2015, 10:15 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by Jonathan Fletcher - 09-22-2015, 10:24 PM
Greek and Roman Armour Day - by richard - 09-23-2015, 10:10 PM

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