09-09-2009, 12:37 PM
Quote:Question. Why must we assume that the linen was "glued"? Could not the edges of the layers of linen been stitched and the layers allowed to "float" freely between each other?
Is it not obvious? We assume because we do not know.
That does not exclude palisaded positions defended unto death and supported by any amount of indirect or circumstantial evidence. The reaction to Ruben’s post is typical: linen thorakes were not used by Greeks and so this “evidence” must be marginalised in some fashion. It is not to be accepted at face value.
It is most entertaining.
Paralus|Michael Park
Ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί, τοὺς μετὰ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὰ ὅλα κατειργασμένους
Wicked men, you are sinning against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander!
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Ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί, τοὺς μετὰ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὰ ὅλα κατειργασμένους
Wicked men, you are sinning against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander!
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