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There are a lot of assumptions about how this armor was used in this comment. It's worth mentioning, that the armor was found with an arm guard, greaves, two s
by throwawayffffas 2y ago
There are a lot of assumptions about how this armor was used in this comment.
It's worth mentioning, that the armor was found with an arm guard, greaves, two swords, no spearheads and no shield.
Additionally this is from 1500 BC. If you have a guy in phalanx wearing this in mind, you are probably wrong.
- mr_toad 2y agoThe basic concept of Phalanxes date back to 2500BC at least. Greek hoplites might be more recent, but it’s a surety that the basics were in place long before that. Full body armour (probably expensive), along with swords suggest that’s this was probably the armour of someone high ranking, rather than a common soldier.
- swagasaurus-rex 2y agoThis is the source I'm referencing: https://acoup.blog/2019/05/03/collections-armor-in-order-part-i/ https://acoup.blog/2019/05/03/collections-armor-in-order-par... He talks about the economics of bronze age warriors, how most soldiers were generally expected to bring their own arms and armor which could be costly, and how soldiers would prioritize armoring their heads and torsos before other body parts.