11-24-2010, 12:23 PM
The iron cuirass should work against any poin of metal plates under leather or linen,actually. There is no trace,nor any incication that the metal was covered with anything. There is no room under the gold bands for an added matterial,and of course no one would call such a cuirass "linen" or "leather"! It's as if we suggest that because the phrygian caps were imitated into a bronze helmet, this is evidence that the phrygian caps that were worn in battle had metal plates on the inside!
In fact,the vast majority of linothorakes show a flexibility that most reconstructions lack. And not only those on vases but also those on relatively accurate sculptures,like the parthenon!
I agree on sclaes though. Here we see them,and this solves all our problems. And theirs. Though i will admit that there is a problem here too,that we have bronze scales from the mycenean times,but not the classical ones. I wonder if most of them were made of leather...
Now,the fact that metal is better protection than leather doesn't mean much to me. A spartan hoplite died when an arrow penetrated his shield, cuirass(of leather) and chest! I really don't see why they should hide their metal protection,instead of rivetting them on! And there are representations of cuirasses that resemble riveted on metal plates(like the one in the photos above). They are fairly rare.
For all these reasons,i'd say "not"
Khaire
Giannis
In fact,the vast majority of linothorakes show a flexibility that most reconstructions lack. And not only those on vases but also those on relatively accurate sculptures,like the parthenon!
I agree on sclaes though. Here we see them,and this solves all our problems. And theirs. Though i will admit that there is a problem here too,that we have bronze scales from the mycenean times,but not the classical ones. I wonder if most of them were made of leather...
Now,the fact that metal is better protection than leather doesn't mean much to me. A spartan hoplite died when an arrow penetrated his shield, cuirass(of leather) and chest! I really don't see why they should hide their metal protection,instead of rivetting them on! And there are representations of cuirasses that resemble riveted on metal plates(like the one in the photos above). They are fairly rare.
For all these reasons,i'd say "not"
Khaire
Giannis
Giannis K. Hoplite
a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax
a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax