07-06-2005, 10:19 AM
A linothorax could easily been made out of 8-9-10 layers of linen or canvas, but with quite a lot variation. The middle class in Greece used a linothorax only made out of linen. The higher classes could reinforce the linen linothorax with metal scale plates at the side, around the middle of sometimes even a linothorax made completely out of scale armour, with the linen shoulder straps and the straps at the bottom of the linothorax.
Greek hoplites preferred the linen linothorax because the flexibility and the weight. Otherwise they had to use the thorax made out of iron or bronze, which was quite heavy compared to the linen linothorax. This was the case from around 500BC untill the end of the Macedonian era.
Greek hoplites preferred the linen linothorax because the flexibility and the weight. Otherwise they had to use the thorax made out of iron or bronze, which was quite heavy compared to the linen linothorax. This was the case from around 500BC untill the end of the Macedonian era.
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