10-26-2010, 02:13 PM
Yeah, there's a pair of those footguards in the British Museum, too:
http://www.larp.com/hoplite/BMgr1.jpg
At a guess, they date to the Archaic era, pre-Classical, and they seem to be even more rare than the (already rare) arm and thigh guards. Probably went the way of the dodo before 500 BC.
Matthew
http://www.larp.com/hoplite/BMgr1.jpg
At a guess, they date to the Archaic era, pre-Classical, and they seem to be even more rare than the (already rare) arm and thigh guards. Probably went the way of the dodo before 500 BC.
Matthew
Matthew Amt (Quintus)
Legio XX, USA
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Legio XX, USA
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