>>62179159Not him, but you can google it. There's romanarmytalk and other places that discuss it. There's a lot of contention about whether the tube and yoke cuirass (way too much of a mouthful) was linen or leather. Personally, this being my opinion as well, but the glue not being used is very much the orthodox view. Testing of it by some Wisconsin guys
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Reconstructing_Ancient_Linen_Body_Armor/isn-7ZlBJrEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=linothorax+project&printsec=frontcover does make a compelling case that glue CAN be used, and I believe glue WAS used for gluing theatrical masks by the greeks. It's just there's been no actual scraps of linen with gluing, and everywhere else everyone just sewed it.
The problem I have with the leather camp is:
>They say linen was referred to in context of foreigners (Egyptians, Persians, ect), not Greeks.We have a number of references to the contrary - Aeneas Tacitus mentions 'corselets of linen' in the 4th century, Cornelius Enpos mentions linen for Iphicrates, Alcaeus references corselets of new linen, Epigonoi mentions 'for the wearers of breastplates the weavers are striking up the wise shuttle's song', and of course the Mycenaeans seem to have it.
>They say linen is too difficult for the greeks to grow at length at homeI mean that's what importing is for. And when they use the excuse that leather tanned by alum can be very white, well, Ancient Egypt was a primary source of alum in antiquity, so all you're doing is kicking the can down the road.
There is good evidence (not sure I'd say as good) for leather, so it could be used as a TNY Cuirass. But one problem I see there is:
>You get a gouged cut in your leather spolasHow do you repair it? You'd look like a patchwork quilt with leather bits patched over them.
>You get a gouged cut up linen cuirassYou just fill the gap then apply a final covering layer.
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