linothorax and other white cuirases

[Flavivs Aetivs]

I've argued against this stuff quite often. And when I say quite often, I mean it comes up all the freaking time because these two guys on this forum I'm on won't drop it and I'm dumb enough to keep arguing with them.

This thread pretty much sums it up:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthrea...-equipment

I used Sim and Kaminski's Roman Imperial Armor as a source, which isn't exactly a great book, but it got the point across that the arguments for textile muscle cuirasses don't hold up.