04-16-2006, 07:58 AM
Quote:The debate about whether it was ceremonial or functional rages there. Beware!
Turn back now while you still can!
:lol: Why is when we find a metal cuirass it must've been ceremonial while the linthorax must've been more common even though none has been found (I think). Don't answer that, please :roll:
Quote:Hadn't heard about the leather covering at all. Most likely it was just nice shiny iron with gold trim.
I read that from my book : Alexander the Great : Man of Action, Man of Spirit (1996) which says it's iron covered with leather and fabric. I didn't see that last part for some reason. The book has tons of colored photographs and it's so small.
Quote:It's definitely a linothorax translated into iron, and the only one of its kind found so far.
Thanks, Matthew.
Jaime