Turned Aspis Project in Progress

[rocktupac]

As I said, I'm really just brainstorming here. I know prior to the Peloponnesian Wars there weren't really any long campaigns; the ease of mobility is more of a bonus (not saying that it's the sole justification for using an adze).

I guess where I get hung up is that there just isn't that great of evidence for shields to be turned on a lathe -- at least I haven't ever been presented with that evidence. From what I know, there is the single and obscure literary reference from Aristophanes. Other than that, I am currently searching for references to shield-making factories (as you mention). As far as artistic representations, I have seen none. You claim there is a vase painting, but until that is presented I have nothing to go off of.

This whole thing is really about uncovering information. I'm fully willing and ready to accept that shields were turned on a lathe (even if only sometimes) as soon as the proper evidence arises. Until then, in my mind, it is an unsolved case.