05-22-2007, 02:22 AM
Quote:Greece was a pastoralist society and, as has been stated before, it would be equally, if not more, difficult to get a hold of large quantities of linen in Greece. Rawhide could be used for armour, requiring little to no preparation, and even treated leather probably required a similar amount of work to construct a cuirass as making several layers of linen.
Pollux definitely indicates that some sort of leather armour was worn in the Classical period.
Really? I thought earlier in this thread (if I'm not mistaken), that there was extant evidence for linen's easier availability for the use of armour.
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Magnus/Matt
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Magnus/Matt
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