Scale Thorax Research

[Paullus Scipio]

Wow! Thanks for answering my questions in such detail, John. D Great post and worthy of the Laus you've just received.

But in my earlier post I was careful to state there is lots of evidence for hardened leather armour. I didn’t mention the Graeco/Roman period! A lawyer put that phrase into my mouth

No you didn't specifcally....but I was not "putting words in your mouth" rather, asking the question " ...was any of your bucketloads of evidence pertinent to the Graeco-Roman period?"....and the answer is "Yes!", for we have surviving leather armour from Dura Europos, 3 C AD, in the form of lamellar cuishes - but H.Russell Robinson described these as 'rawhide' (????). However there are the two tooled and studded leather chamfrons for a horse from Newstead,c. 100 AD ( and the fact that bronze eye-pieces often survive alone suggests they came from similar chamfrons)

Rather than asking me to prove the use of hardened tanned leather, perhaps you could prove the use of tawed leather as armour?

To quote someone else here, "I have no dog in this fight", and I didn't ask you to "prove" anything ( we all know that without good solid evidence you can't prove anything (oops! lawyer-speak ! :wink: )
I was simply curious as to what had led you to your conclusions/views. Here's a piece of evidence that may support your view....the famous Ariston stele with the colour restored.......

Now I’m off to enjoy a selection of Islay single malts, and to consider if Ireland ever produced a whisky as good - A nice safe objective debate with lots of hard, or at least liquid, evidence to consider.

...much depends on personal taste of course, but there are technical reasons for considering Irish superior......a subject I'll gladly debate with you in person over some sample glasses one day... :wink: :wink: D lol: