Linothorax again

[Dan Howard]

An example of "sandwiched" armor was the gambeson of Saladin that he would wear and apear unarmored according to chroniclers. Are we supose to think that he was the first to have such thing?

Saladin wore a khazaghand - mail sandwiched between two layers of cloth. Mail wasn't invented until after the time period we are discussing. You can't make armour with scale sandwiched between two layers. The action of the plates will tear out one of the layers. It is possible to fix plates to the inside of a cloth garment so long as there is no liner though.