All thorakes within...

[Keravnos]

Linothorax...

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L41 Achaimenid officer linothorax reconstruction,


L42Saka quilto-thorax,


L43Persian,

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L45takabara,

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L47a greek composite (scales covering part of it) and quilting,

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L49a simpler composite,

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L51another good one, partly obstructed by the shield,


L52amazonomachy, again.


L53a lot of square scales on this one,


L54Black shoulder protectors on a "phillipos" shaped linothorax


L55Alexandros' statue having wearing a linothorax


L56Assault of a persian axeman,


L57Athenian of Persian wars assaulting with a slasher sword.


L58Athenian lanceing Persian,


L59the persian,


L60Takabara being assaulted,


L61busted imperial linothorax,


L62From a macedonian tomb,


L63linothorax from S. Italy,

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L65composite linothorax from S. Italy,


L66and another one, this one looking aweful!


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L68spolas, or inner padding,


L69another spolas,


L70a polish reconstruction


L71Macedonian hypaspistai,


L72Polish drawn linothorax wearing hoplite,


L73From the painting on a Makedonian tomb,


L74quiltothorax reconstruction from an Etruscan tomb


L75vase linothorax,


L76phallanx linothorax,


L77spartans and their linothorax,


L78spartan ally archer wearing linothorax,


L79etruscan linothorax,


L80south italy terracota depicting linothorax,


L81etruscan created linothorax,


L82Italian linothorax wearing hoplite losing to Romani,


L83Italian tomb and linothorax thereof...


L84linothorax with gorgoneion


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L87Etruscan linothorax,


L88Alexander the great linothorax from Pompey,



L89 linothorax


L90 Another linothorax


L91 And another


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L97quiltothorax,


L98an early hoplite from Opountioi Lokroi (in S. Italy)


L99hoplitic skirmish


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L106persian wearing linothorax


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L108another amazonomachia,


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L110reconstruction of Zeus-Alexander based on coin


L111skythian linothorakes,


L112thraikian wearing linothorax,


L113a rider from Acropolis,


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L115and a campanian one,


L116another linothorax,


L117and another linothorax,


L118and another,


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L121italian horseman linothorax,


L122and hoplitic battle,


L123a linothorax,


L124and another,


L125and more,


L126linothorax from a reconstruction of another hoplite,

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L128more linothorax, from a reconstruction of a Theban hoplite

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L130composite linothorax,


L131and another great image of a linothorax,


L132another,


L133and another,


L134a linothorax reconstruction,

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L138a linothorax from a vase,


L139linothorax reconstruction,

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L142linothorax from Italy on a statue depicting Alexander the great,

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L144linothorax details,

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L146linothorax,

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L148another linothorax,


L149and another,


L150linothorakas of phillipos

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L155and another,


L156another linothorax,

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L158and another


L159more linothorakes,


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L162linothorax again,


L163another linothorax with gorgoneion,


L164and another one, S. Italian,


L165etruscan linothorax


L166linothorax, a roman one,


L167and another,


L168linothorax piece,


L169An etruscan linothorax,


L170A romani depiction of a linothorax,


L171and even more, from Istambul museum,


L172Early CE frieze from Kappadokia,


L173another linothorax,


L174more linothorax, from Ukraine museum,


L175Another linothorax,


L176and the continuation of the scene from the previous one,


L177A different kind of linothorax,


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L179a hoplite dressing into his linothorax,


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L181Athenian linothorakes,


L182another linothorax


L183and another athenian linothorax


L184a linothorax detail,


L185an amazon wearing linothorax,


L186a chios hoplite wearing linothorax,


L187a reconstruction linothorax


L188Etruscan 3-zones linothorax,


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L190Another Etruscan linothorax,


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L192Pergamon linothorax,


L193A linothorax, Jonny shoemate style


L194another linothorax, JS style,


L195and another,


L196Hetairos wearing linothorax,


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Bronze and Iron cuirass... ( full mail and scale armor included)

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M3Ornamented muscle cuirass,


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M9phillipos iron linothorax-like cuirass,


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M12Dacian scale armor from Trajan's column,


M13scythian tomb found in Ukraine,


M14pergamon muscle cuirass,


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M17and chain mail,


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M21Imperial Romani-Hellenistic Kings' embelished muscled thorakes,


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iron muscle cuirass found in Prodromi, Thesprotia, now in Corfu museum, soon to be relocated to Igoumenitsa museum, Thesprotia. Iron muscle cuirasses were develloped as a defense on the devastating bolts shot by oxyboloi or "Scorpions" as the Romans called them.
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M48Archaic hoplitic shield- parameredia -groin guard- hand greaves, etc.


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M503 friezes depicting a siege, 4th century found in Anatolia,


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M54amazonomachy, again.


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M56Paestum (greek Poseidoneia), 4th century tomb


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M58Athenian hoplite, 4th cent BCE, archaeological museum of Athens,


M59Pergamon frieze post 190 BCE, muscled cuirass,


M60Bactrian bronze muscle cuirass ending on bronze pteruges,


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M63Baktrian iron cuirass reconstruction,


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M65both together, notice the pants that one Baktrian is wearing, Afghanistan can be VERY cold.


--Shield as it was held at the time--internal and how big it was compared to the rest of the body--
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M69archaic (700 BCE) hoplite reconstruction with Thebaic shield,


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M71Lycian nobles,


M72Anatolians,


M73Achaimenid persian heavy riders


M74Spartan officer,


M75Spartan strategos,


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M77Another spartan,


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M79Late Spartan officer,


M80Late Spartan officer, of the period prior to bolt catapults' introduction, when armor was minimal,


M81Phrygian horseman,


M82Bronze muscle cuirass found in Italy,


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M84a late hoplite


M85Makedonian elite phallangite,


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M88mail,


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M90and more mail,


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M93and more mail,


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M98--bronze muscle cuirass--


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M100Part bronze, part iron scale cuirass found in Ukraine, Skythian or Sarmatian,


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M106amazonomachia


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M108another amazonomachia,


M109samnites,


M110Full scale takabara,



M111statuette of roman full battle clad wearing an Etruscan style armor


M112archaic hoplites fighting,


M113Italians wearing bronze cuirass


M114bronze muscle cuirass,


M115and another bronze muscle cuirass,


M116another


M117a hoplitic battle,


M118and another,


M119Hetairos wearing bronze muscle cuirass,


M120Etruscan full scale armor,


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M122bronze


M123bronze muscle cuirass reconstruction,


M124and another one with scale pteruges,


M125etruscans with bronze muscle cuirass,


M126a single one,


M128and another, crawling in scales (etruscan armor)


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M130another etruscan cuirass,


M131bronze muscle cuirass found in present day china,


M132bronze muscle cuirass,


M133a thessalian rider of 4th cent. BCE wearing a bronze muscle cuirass,


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M135bronze muscle cuirass,


M136athenian 4th century bronze muscle cuirass,


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M140bronze muscle cuirass,


M141a persian iron armor,


M142scale upon scale persian armor,


M143Kineas from Dodona, Epeiros



M144Kineas' armor from Dodone, Ioannina.


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M147samnite thorax from malibu museum,


M148and full metal bronze or iron cuirass,


M149a full set, found in Thraikian lands



M150bronze muscle cuirass,


M151Etruscan bronze linothorax full in scale,


M152Iron cuirass of Prodromi details,


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M156A samnite in a vase depiction,


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M158bronze muscle cuirass reconstruction of an Athenian


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-parts-

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p23Thraikian shield designs,


p24xiphos found in a tomb in s. Italy,


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p26xiphos, again,


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p28greaves,


p29bronze shield actual,


p30spearbutt,


p31sword handle found in Dodona,


p32Pontic "mass produced" shield,


p33Hephaistos making bronze gear,


p34greaves,


p35back of greave,


p36RL bronze aspis and helmet,


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p38horse chest protector,


p39horselet,


p40and reconstruction thereof,


p41thraikian boots reconstruction,


p42Seleukid elephants, probably cataphracts,


p43for horse another elephant, probably Baktrian


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p48xiphos found in Makedonia,


p49pelta


p50another pelta


p51thessalian hat


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p652 helmets,


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p67 shoes worn at that time, socks and over that sandals,


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p69greaves,


p70more,


p71aspis shields,


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p76carthagenian shields,


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p78Thracoceltic shields, spoils of war from Italy


p79romani parts, from a tomb


p80and more romani parts from the same tomb,


p81a reconsturction of an early Roman,


p82thraikian tomb reconstruction,


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p85illyrian compendium,


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p91thureos' examples found in Doura Europos' synagogue around 1-2nd cent. CE


p92shields from archaic greece,


p93great bronze helmet,


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p95World's first PC, Antikythera Mechanism, built in Rhodes about 1st cent BCE,


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p97Ascalon helmet,


p98Sidon helmet,


p99and another sidon helmet,


p100sarcophagos from Istambul museum,


p101from Ephesos, those great helmet and armor parts,


p102How the iron muscle cuirass from Prodromi was attached,


p103gold leaves wreath found in Epeiros, Pyrrhos time.



p104a great iron helmet-reconstruction,


p105a cheekguard,


p106a greek temple reconstruction,


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[Keravnos]

plain clothes people wore at the time, for lower tier units without armor...


exomides,

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E1From Pompey, Mars and Venus presumably

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E21thraikian skirmisher,


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E26boetian who has fought in the holly war against the Phokaeis who sacked the Delphi oracle.


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E30another boetian,


E31and another,


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E33more psiloi fighting...


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E37another theban,


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E39another exomides


E40a leukanian light infantryman,


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E42and a thessalian hat from an Attic Likythos,


E43About to sacrifice,

-plain clothes samples-

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Full quilted chiton,


plain chiton and thessalian hat,


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From Pompey, depicting Egypt and what are shielded archers from Nubia,

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From Pompey, depicting Egypt and Ptolemaic soldiers


Pompey again and S. Italy environs,






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great way to measure how big the aspis was,











From Thraikian tomb,


Reconstruction of full frieze of thraikian tomb,


Thraikian peltast,


agrianikos peltast,


senators or traders' clothing,


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horses of burden, if they should ever be needed.


Ptolemaioi machairaphoroi








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probably spolas only worn


another spolas on an attic red amphora


and another,


and another,




thraikians assaulting,


hercules,


thraikian peltast,


a depiction of an assault on a walled city,


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Artemis killing of an enemy using her hounds


thraikian,


thraikian clothes,


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and more thraikian clothes,


and another,


cretan archer,

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athenian hoplite stele,


Thraikian horseman,


a psilos


plain clothes,


vase from 360 BCE


romani painting depicting a theater performance,


greek women in a wall painting,


romans preparing dinner,

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a plain green chiton,


some more,


and a great chiton colour example, Romani


a great one, 2nd cent. CE depicting Augustus and dioscuri brothers,


and from a ancient greek tomb in south Italy,


Plain clothes persian style, from Istambul museum, hunt scene,


archer,


thraikian,


another thraikian,


rider,
greek rider dug out in Korinthos 500 BCE


riders from Acropolis reconstruction,


3 charites in acropolis, reconstruction,


2 Athenians from the time of Perikles, 480 BCE


Sacrifice in Corinth, from a wooden painting found in Korinthos, 5th cent BCE


Depiction of a thraikian,

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[swhunter]

Excellent !
+ rep.

[Faridus]

great research Keravnos.
i've been looking for some pics related to roman equipment. i mainly posted replicas, not so much the archeological stuff, do you think it's necessary to also include the arch. stuff? if so, i'll start looking for more info...

[Keravnos]

I don't think it is. Romani research is light years ahead on anything that has been found and collected on the Hellenistic and Hellenic sides of the equation.

Case in point... Helmets, aka Coolus, Monteforino etc. While there have been many attempts to classify all helmets that you see by their proper name, scholars are on each other's throat, trying to decide whether a particular helmet is "Tracian", "Thracoattic" or what have you.

This is one of the two reasons why I felt obliged to include so many primary sources. The other being that many people... make up stuff, for lack of a better term. I can only propose what I know has been found in a dig, a terracota frieze, something, anything, but it has to be there.

Romani archaeology isn't like that. Lucky you!

-------And now back to pic gathering---------

Orientals, IndoIranians+Indians (to be filled in later)

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i99Horse archers,

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i104Aryan spearman,

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i108Walls of the east,


i109Sogdian bodyguard of the Eparchoi

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i118a skythian HA,


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i120a horseman,



i121Skythian/Sarmatian reconstruction based on tomb finds

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i126pazyrik finds on a horse, just like how it must have been,


i127saka/sarmatian reconstruction,



i128scythian or sarmatian,


i129another scythian or sarmatian,


i130and another,


i131scythian/sarmatian horselet,


i132scythian/sarmatian emblem,


i133scythian helmet,


i134scythian greaves,


i135scales on leather cuirass,


i136parthian horselet,


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i144both from the finds, all from Ukraine museum


i145saka against a steppen enemy


i146bone armor for the sarmatians,


i147belly cuirass for Sarmatians/scythians,

Great helmet for Illyrian phallanx-- (to be reminded of)

[tone]

All great stuff - here's another pic of the sort of Etruscan style cuirass that the Syracusian cavalry has:

[Keravnos]

--unnecessary for the moment, may be used again in the future--