06-09-2012, 04:22 AM | #21 |
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06-09-2012, 04:31 AM | #23 |
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My point is that people think that Homer calls the armour a "linothorax". He doesn't. It was an invented adjective to fit the meter of the poem. Aias and Amphios were "armoured in linen" not "wearing a linothorax" [2.529, 2.830]
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I can't help but be reminded of all the people who think samurai armor was made of wood, since it's all but impossible to tell an iron plate from a strip of wood once you've given it a good shiny coat of lacquer. XD |
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06-09-2012, 07:23 AM | #26 |
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Or you could just say "this is a campaign feature" and not charge any points for it. All citizens serve in the military so everyone should have the necessary equipment and the skills to use it.
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06-09-2012, 09:37 AM | #27 |
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Yes, but how you served was dependent on what your social class was and therefore what equipment you'd be expected to provide. So, for instance, in Athens, the lowest citizen class served as rowers.
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06-09-2012, 10:12 AM | #28 | |
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Average and Struggling men were part of the naval mob, or the naked men who shot arrows and hurled javelins and stones, or had their kit provided by friends or the community.
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06-09-2012, 07:01 PM | #30 |
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I'm not sure whether greaves were mandatory. If not, you can halve the cost of the panoply by not wearing them.
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