11-11-2010, 07:05 PM
oops ive opened a can of worms or should that be lamellar :lol: a subject worthy of its own thread
my conjecture is iron or a mix of bronze & iron rather than rawhide or leather for a wealthy carthaginian , i would say a bronze cuirass or a linothorax may be less controversial considering the general lack of evidence relating to punic armours....at this time i have made no decision ,now as then perhaps cost is a BIG factor :roll: .
Quote:Quote:If you mean the Mars of Todi and the like frescos,they almost certainly were leather rather than iron or bronze.
Yes, I agree based on the color images, perhaps rawhide. But if they were based on Carthaginian imports, wealthy Carthaginians may well have had the same armor made of iron or bronze. In the near east bronze, iron , and rawhide scales are all common- sometimes mixed in the same armor. The Assyrian armor looks like, but is probably not lamellar. It consists of scales on a leather shell with the scales also laced together.
my conjecture is iron or a mix of bronze & iron rather than rawhide or leather for a wealthy carthaginian , i would say a bronze cuirass or a linothorax may be less controversial considering the general lack of evidence relating to punic armours....at this time i have made no decision ,now as then perhaps cost is a BIG factor :roll: .
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Hannibal ad portas ! Dave Bartlett . " War produces many stories of fiction , some of which are told until they are believed to be true." U S Grant
