Linothorax vs Spolas

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

I haven't been saying that padding is not desirable under metal armour. Merely that this paddind did not consist on a separate garment worn underneath.
We have archeological evidence that metal cuirasses, helmets and greaves were internally lined in leather. Some times this was stitched or riveted. Interestingly, some helmets needed extra padding, or didn't bave a glued or stitched one, and the wearer needed an arming cap. But despite body armour, we have MANY representations of head padding of different forms (caps, phrygian hats with folded ear flaps, binding around the forehead) but not once that i am aware of for the body.

@Howard, you are right that i should read the book to judge correctly, but i am in general very sceptical on using artistic representations for this kind of arguements. Using them to interpret what is literally being shown is another thing than using them to argue on systems and reforms etc.

I didn't comment on the animal skin in response to your post, but because i had just described this way of body armour in my previous post and you just posted it. I used it to suggest that the spolas does not have many chances to have been an animal skin, because these were not "hunged/attached to she shoulders".

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Giannis