12-03-2007, 09:24 PM
T. Flavius Crispus wrote :-
...just some trivia points of note here. Rawhide headgear was never used by Macedonians, but there may be Homeric references. Rawhide 'bascinet' type helmets were used in Spain in the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. ( and presumably earlier).
Similarly, linen corselets were described in the Classical Greek world, but only as being worn by Asiatics, not Greeks. Linen corselets are in addition mentioned in use archaically in Spain, and again in Homer.( there is a significant debate about this in the Greek threads, on a par with the Great Tunic Debate)
The armour seems to be 'Homeric' inspired more than actual Macedonian....
Quote: raw ox hide for the helmets, three-ply linen for the cuirasses. Linen cuirasses are well-attested in the Greek world (though three plies seems a little light), but not ox hide helmets.
...just some trivia points of note here. Rawhide headgear was never used by Macedonians, but there may be Homeric references. Rawhide 'bascinet' type helmets were used in Spain in the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. ( and presumably earlier).
Similarly, linen corselets were described in the Classical Greek world, but only as being worn by Asiatics, not Greeks. Linen corselets are in addition mentioned in use archaically in Spain, and again in Homer.( there is a significant debate about this in the Greek threads, on a par with the Great Tunic Debate)
The armour seems to be 'Homeric' inspired more than actual Macedonian....
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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