Did the Greeks ever adopt foreign equipment ..

[hoplite14gr]

@" Roach

OK,I am not an expert at the English language and that might limit my understanding.
But I got the general sense that you limit yourself in the time-period under examination.
Your claims/assertions seem to cover Archaic/Classical age. But there was a Bronze age too (I refer to your linothorax comments.)

What I got from these thread discussion is:

- Greeks adopted foreign items or methods. Sources were offered by members
- Nobody claimed that Greeks invented everything. No member claimed that.
- Greeks were famous perhaps as heavy infantry or archers (Cretans) but were certainly NOT the only hired troops around. No one disagreed with you on that.

As for the humor issue, I personally try to avoid it because in the past (I do have some years in these forum)I offended people without wanting to, so I stick to plain language.

I believe that you offered a lot of points for discussion but some of them probably need threads of their own but you give the impression -even if it is NOT your intention- that you are more interested making humor instead of gathering information.

Kind regards