11-10-2009, 07:21 PM
Hello to all.
My question is simple:
What type/s of arm-guards, if any, were used,and how they varied in period of 7th century BC until and at the battle of Plataea for example...(no later in 5th BC and onward).And is there a particular reason no arm guard can be seen in pottery or statues from 550-500 BC for example?
I found this interesting text about arm guards and greaves.But they talk about late Helladic period.
http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/armour4.htm
I also see this guard(s) from Olympia,although I read this upper arm + shoulder guard type was abandoned by the time of Persian wars.
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/261538 ... 2311fawLuv
My question is simple:
What type/s of arm-guards, if any, were used,and how they varied in period of 7th century BC until and at the battle of Plataea for example...(no later in 5th BC and onward).And is there a particular reason no arm guard can be seen in pottery or statues from 550-500 BC for example?
I found this interesting text about arm guards and greaves.But they talk about late Helladic period.
http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/armour4.htm
I also see this guard(s) from Olympia,although I read this upper arm + shoulder guard type was abandoned by the time of Persian wars.
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/261538 ... 2311fawLuv
Nikic R. Pavle
I would only like to ask one of those who now shamelessly praise themselves:
Would he, if he had my plane and I his, take off to fight,as I did,as we all did?
And we all know the answer....
Col. Slobodan Peric "Nobody Said NO" 1999
I would only like to ask one of those who now shamelessly praise themselves:
Would he, if he had my plane and I his, take off to fight,as I did,as we all did?
And we all know the answer....
Col. Slobodan Peric "Nobody Said NO" 1999
