08-31-2005, 02:46 PM
Remember our Greek freinds liked the 'brazen' shine of armour and that metal scales on the outside would be more attractive than material.
As far as evidence the killing of the leader of the Persian horse Masistus at the battle of Plataea, The Athenian hoplites could not understand why they could not stab him to death until they realised that he had scales underneath his tunic, showing that they were not farmiliar with such a practice. (Herodotus 9.22)
As far as evidence the killing of the leader of the Persian horse Masistus at the battle of Plataea, The Athenian hoplites could not understand why they could not stab him to death until they realised that he had scales underneath his tunic, showing that they were not farmiliar with such a practice. (Herodotus 9.22)
"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." Maya Angelou