09-22-2007, 11:54 AM
This thread became a labytinth.
So lets summarize.
Literal and archaological indications of linothorax come from the Bronze Age.
Modern experiments showed that 15 linen layers were very resistant.
Armor of "composite" construction was not impossible but we do not know for sure it the ancients used it.
Linothorax could be both cross-stitched or glued but we do not know how the ancients did it.
I fail to see where the dissagreement is.
Kind regards
So lets summarize.
Literal and archaological indications of linothorax come from the Bronze Age.
Modern experiments showed that 15 linen layers were very resistant.
Armor of "composite" construction was not impossible but we do not know for sure it the ancients used it.
Linothorax could be both cross-stitched or glued but we do not know how the ancients did it.
I fail to see where the dissagreement is.
Kind regards
HOPLITE14GR (aka Stefanos)
Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com
Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com