05-21-2007, 09:40 PM
If the experience of modern re-enactors is anything to go by, it is a lot easier to make a tube-and-yoke corselet from leather than linen.
I believe talk of a 'sub-armalis' is a "red herring". AFIK no such thing existed at this time in the greek world.
As I indicated earlier, sub-armalis type garments only became necessary with the introduction of "mail" and spread to other types of armour ( possibly including muscled cuirasses) from there........unless of course someone has some evidence for padding under greek armour......?
I believe talk of a 'sub-armalis' is a "red herring". AFIK no such thing existed at this time in the greek world.
As I indicated earlier, sub-armalis type garments only became necessary with the introduction of "mail" and spread to other types of armour ( possibly including muscled cuirasses) from there........unless of course someone has some evidence for padding under greek armour......?
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff