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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl
Anyway, most hoplites wore linothroax, not bronze, so it was much less expensive (bronze was for wealthy citizens, not common folk).
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We don't have much evidence but what little we have suggests that the organic armour worn by Greek hoplites was made from hide, not linen. Most of the references to linen armour in their texts talk about foreigners wearing it, not Greeks.
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