05-07-2007, 06:14 AM
Firstly, Giannis, you are quite right that it is difficult to carry on a debate when several people take up opposing views at once!
I have not chosen to ignore counter-arguments, but rather argue the case for Greek Hoplite textile armour to have been made of leather. Others may put the case for linen armour if they can. So far as I am aware there is no evidence for the use of linen in the Hoplite cuirass other than the name “Linothoraxâ€
I have not chosen to ignore counter-arguments, but rather argue the case for Greek Hoplite textile armour to have been made of leather. Others may put the case for linen armour if they can. So far as I am aware there is no evidence for the use of linen in the Hoplite cuirass other than the name “Linothoraxâ€
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(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
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(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
Paul McDonnell-Staff