10-02-2009, 03:07 PM
Well how about that- that last photo especially is quite telling. The pteryges couldn't be the least bit stiff to allow just a very short lateral section of edge to curl like that and I really couldn't see a sculptor adding a detail like that if it weren't true to life; a bit of fold might be understandable but a curl? Seems extremely doubtful. Now of course this brings up the point that surely there was a variety of types as well- doubtless the Emperor's outfit shown wasn't the same as, for example, a regular Centurio's...
And just to address the primary support you gave for using Linen Radka, I would point out that there is no concrete evidence for the Greeks using linen as armour and even the possible evidence (a comment here and there in various texts) is still hotly debated. So that is no good foundation to be sure. The circumstantial arguments of depicted color, etc. are reasonable however, but then I'd expect someone could propose ways leather could be considered just as valid for the same reasons...
And just to address the primary support you gave for using Linen Radka, I would point out that there is no concrete evidence for the Greeks using linen as armour and even the possible evidence (a comment here and there in various texts) is still hotly debated. So that is no good foundation to be sure. The circumstantial arguments of depicted color, etc. are reasonable however, but then I'd expect someone could propose ways leather could be considered just as valid for the same reasons...
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