06-06-2007, 12:17 AM
Quote:I mean one piece for a breastplate, and one piece for a backplate. And as far as I know we don't have some Hellenistic examples, just one possible example. Even if that one was iron, it could have been a rare item, like the iron dagger buried with Tutankamun.Sean Manning:g8irpokz Wrote:Thinking about one-piece iron cuirasses, the main reason I doubt they existed was that I don't think large enough iron plates could be reliably produced anywhere in the world before 1400 or so in Europe. One-piece iron helms are hard enough to make with earlier technology!
They weren't one piece. Muscled cuirasses were always made of a front and back, and we have some examples to prove that it was possible.
I agree that the helmets might not have been painted, but I think the evidence is strong. In any case, that red helmet was certainly painted.
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I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.