07-21-2006, 11:53 PM
Quote:How would it be upgrading?
It depends HOW a person BELIEVES that is upgrading something; for example, F-16 aircraft was an "upgrade" for USAF; the plane SUCKS!
Quote:The whole point of this sort of armour was to negate the need for a shield. There is no way that a warrior wearing armour as protective as a Dendra Panoply would have carried a shield. Personally I think it was worn by charioteers and, after examining the armour worn by other charioteers of other cultures, am leaning towards the idea that it was specifically worn by the driver, not the passenger
That's NOT true at all, my friend! They DID used "Wall-shield" with THIS armor! I'll try to find some images to post... AJAX, was wearing THAT type of armor and the report for his HUGE "Wall-type" shield, is EVERYWHERE in "Iliad"... And Chariot-Knights ALSO USED shields, like the foot-soldiers...
aka Romilos
"Ayet`, oh Spartan euandro... koroi pateron poliatan... laia men itin provalesthe,
...dori d`eutolmos anhesthe, ...mi phidomenoi tas zoas. Ouh gar patrion ta Sparta!"
- The Lacedaimonian War Tune -
"Ayet`, oh Spartan euandro... koroi pateron poliatan... laia men itin provalesthe,
...dori d`eutolmos anhesthe, ...mi phidomenoi tas zoas. Ouh gar patrion ta Sparta!"
- The Lacedaimonian War Tune -
