12-22-2007, 07:10 PM
Giannis wrote:-
On the other hand, I have remarked before how quickly new weapons technology seems to spread in the mediterranean world, thanks largely to regular sea-trade.
Quote:Paul,very nice an rare vases!I think that 500 bc is not that early for the linothorax.It would have between 25-50 years to spread in all the greek cities and we actually don't know where exactly it originated in this form,do we?....it is two sides of the same vase, Giannis........and I was thinking 20 plus years was quite a short time from its first known appearance in Greece, to spread through the Greek world to the Etruscan, especially as the dating can only be approximate ( and might, for example, be 10-20 years earlier).
On the other hand, I have remarked before how quickly new weapons technology seems to spread in the mediterranean world, thanks largely to regular sea-trade.
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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