07-17-2005, 11:15 AM
Thanks Jason!
Very enlightening.
From what you say I start speculate that the ancients relied a lot on the qualities of the material to absorb the arrow force, pretty muck like the modern nylon Kevlar stops pistol-rounds.
Steel arrows you say. Ancients had bronze and iron. That means they would possibly had a lot of difficulties to penetrate. If linen stoped arrows at 4 meters (16 feet) that might explain why the hoplites "steam-rolled" over the archers.
You are about to bring a change in the way armor is viewd!
Kind regards
Stefanos
Very enlightening.
From what you say I start speculate that the ancients relied a lot on the qualities of the material to absorb the arrow force, pretty muck like the modern nylon Kevlar stops pistol-rounds.
Steel arrows you say. Ancients had bronze and iron. That means they would possibly had a lot of difficulties to penetrate. If linen stoped arrows at 4 meters (16 feet) that might explain why the hoplites "steam-rolled" over the archers.
You are about to bring a change in the way armor is viewd!
Kind regards
Stefanos
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http://hoplomachia.gr
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