Leather Cuirass

[Tarbicus]

To Tarbicus ; You haven't detracted from my point - the proportion is still the same - compared to the millions of items manufactured, very little survives.

No, they are not my points at all. The items I point to in Napoleonic, Victorian, and the relatively short period of WW1 and up to WW2, would be scrapped deliberately, simply because of better or more fashionable designs being introduced. In the case of the first two, no self respecting officer of the British Army would be seen dead in a dress coat that was out of fashion. It would be thrown out with the rubbish, or the parts recycled. That's why most have disappeared, is what I'm suggesting.

compared to the millions of items manufactured, very little survives

Try buying a fridge manufactured in the 1970's, even when millions were made.

If you are saying, as you appear to do, that you cannot compare modern to ancient because circumstances were different then Q.E.D. - I refer you to my earlier points !

Let's cut to the chase: You have no evidence to back up your theory whatsoever.

...the Spolas and all agree that this refers to a leather garment/armour worn over the torso, in particular by Spartans/Lakedaemonians.

Where is the source and argument for this undeniable truth and who are "all"? No offence, but I ain't just taking your word for it.