Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor - New Book

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Thanks Paul for the good words.
Yes, Vangelis is their son, I met him at Vergina in 2011 and we have kept contact since then.

At Pella the exhibition for Archontiko had many of these round shields, smaller or bigger but all of them were small shields, and just one remain of a Hoplite shield.

There is doubt however if these Warriors were actually Macedonian. At that time the Macedonians were just beginning to reach north and east as far as Pella and these warriors belonged probably to another tribe, probably the Paeonians. With the coming of the Macedonians, who started from a small area at the borders with Thessaly, they also moved North. Philip II conquered them, and Alexander campaigned again when they revolted. The Paeonians were of course Thracians.