01-11-2006, 10:18 PM
Quote:Travis, I think no body knows, Connolly just adds that : they were discovered in olympia, & there are more upper arms than lower ones.
Some are very elaborately decorated. Arm guards were very seldom used, as they are rarely shown in paintings. All disappeared at the end of the 6th century...
plate from the book:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/C ... img161.jpg
Plates by Warry
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/C ... img162.jpg
Connollys also got inspired in argos armour & helmet Stefan!
![[Image: argos_museum_4717_r1.jpg]](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/Comerus/argos_museum_4717_r1.jpg)
They look just fabulous. Makes you want to be an archaic period Hoplite re-enactor doesn't it!
Has to be a mobility issue, y'think? Maybe the phalanx formations are so good, that they became superfluous. Who knows.
Travis
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