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11-10-2009, 07:41 PM
The armguards in Mr Salimbeti's page are Bronze Age - definteltly not used in the Archaic period.

The "olympia armguards" appear in the art in pottery date up to 500 B.C so you can not say "I am 100% sure " that at least elite hoplites did not use them 10 or 20 years later.

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Arm guards - by Nikic031 - 11-10-2009, 07:21 PM
Re: Arm guards - by hoplite14gr - 11-10-2009, 07:41 PM
Re: Arm guards - by Nikic031 - 11-11-2009, 11:23 AM
Re: Arm guards - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 11-11-2009, 12:33 PM
Re: Arm guards - by Nikic031 - 11-11-2009, 06:37 PM
Re: Arm guards - by Phalanx300 - 11-12-2009, 11:52 AM
Re: Arm guards - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 11-12-2009, 12:48 PM

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