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    Default Re: Hoplitai too weak ?

    Dendra Panapoly...
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    Thanks mate .

    Stupid me , I guess . heh .

    Cheers .

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    Nobody really knows what the Dendra panoply was for though, or even how common such outfits were. Theories I've seen range from straight-up defensive gear for a chariot spearman, to a "mark of rank" of a senior leader too elderly to fight anymore but quite capable of standing off to the side as a kind of living standard, to a harness for use in duels on foot - the thing actually bears surprising amount of resemblance to Medieval plate harnesses designed for that purpose and apparently practical tests with a repro suggest it'd work, and it'd fit the "heroic" warrior aristocrat thing the Myceneans had going...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Watchman View Post
    ...and apparently practical tests with a repro suggest it'd work, and it'd fit the "heroic" warrior aristocrat thing the Myceneans had going...
    *shrug*
    That I didn't know .

    That's some intereresting theory there ... ( non-sarcastic comment )

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