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Aspis shield - did they ever cover them in copper? - Fhyn - 07-09-2013 Been looking thru all my books, as well as digging up stuff on the internet, and even looked thru search function here. I have read they covered some in leather, some was just the wood painted over with maybe a linen or some such cover over it, and I know they covered them in bronze. But been looking to see if they ever covered them in copper. Going thru the materials themselves, I would think it is just as good a material as bronze for it, but I am probably missing something. So do we have any evidence, that some where covered in copper? Thanks Aspis shield - did they ever cover them in copper? - caiusbeerquitius - 07-09-2013 Pure copper was rather rare. So I´d say no. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze Copper also is rather soft: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Diagramme_binaire_Cu_Sn_bronze.svg Aspis shield - did they ever cover them in copper? - Dan Howard - 07-09-2013 Quote:Going thru the materials themselves, I would think it is just as good a material as bronze for it, but I am probably missing something.The difference between copper and bronze is just as dramatic as the difference between iron and steel. Pure copper is useless as a weapon or armour but bronze was as effective as all but the best quench-hardened steels. I'm talking about proper tin-bronze, not the rubbish that pretends to be bronze today. Aspis shield - did they ever cover them in copper? - caiusbeerquitius - 07-09-2013 Pliny has some interesting things to say about bronze. |