[split] Phalanx warfare: use of the spear

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

If we had only medieval armour remains and no Ancient Greek metal armour preserved, we would have to speculate that Greek armour must have been made from 3mm thick bronze, plus thick underpadding. We would be completely off.

Now we don't have extant leather Greek armour, and we must speculate that it must have been 1-2 cm thick? We can be likewise completely off.

Not that I have any big problem with the spolas being one cm thick at places, but the overal way of making this kind of "conclusions" is wildly speculative, I wouldn't ever write it in a book.