Leather Cuirass

[hoplite14gr]

On leather protection:
One forum member has done an experimet on leather protection with photos in the "Reconstruction section". The results were amazing.

In classical period flaxand olive trees were easier to cultivate in the rugged Greek terrain so linothorax apart from literally and exavation evidence was a reality.
Also the maritime powers and the colonies had money to affor imports of lots of things.

The question in my opinion is "Did hide armor existed?"
Some form of "sub armalis" / YPOTHORAKION existed for metal armor.
There is also the musterious "spolas"-open to speculation.
He have hide shields from Homer and later light infantry had perhaps hide shields.

But were there armored troops with hide-based armor?
Probably yes. The question is what evidence do we have on "hide armor".
Most of it si cercumstantial and the argument for "hide armor" goes into plausible but nothing definite.

Kind regards