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Post by wyvern on Dec 19, 2018 0:13:57 GMT
Hello all,
I need some advice from you wise people out there. I've got some hoplites. They are 15mm Xyston, Later Hoplites in linen cuirass. They have a mixture of helmets: corinthian, I think Attic or a later derivative of the corinthian helmet and I think I saw some Phygrian helmets too. Would I be able to use these"legitamately" for the Persian wars, circa 499 BC to 449 BC? or were only Corinthian helmets worn then?
Thank you if you can help me, Paul.
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Post by jim1973 on Dec 19, 2018 4:16:17 GMT
Hi Paul. I think you've hit another area between what we know and what we "know". From my reading there would be linen cuirasses present during the Persian Wars. At Platea, there would almost certainly be unarmoured hoplites. But you will find debate on all the details because of the scant actual archaeological remains. Too much of the detail was perishible. Did everybody have crests? Were all shields covered in bronze? Who painted what and when? etc etc. My view of Early v Late Hoplite Greek is more about evolution of secondary troops rather than armour. For representation on the gaming table, I use the theory that Greeks were relatively poor before the Persian Wars, relatively wealthy after the Persian Wars and then relatively poor during the Peloponnesian War with some recovery after. So I decorate according to that. At least I would, but most of my hoplites are well over 15 years old!
Cheers
Jim
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Post by wyvern on Dec 19, 2018 14:30:09 GMT
Thanks Jim! I suppose there are lots of details like this that we will never know about. I didn't know there were so many types of Greek helmets and that armour went in and out of use as it seems to have done.
Cheers anyway, Paul.
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