Think of armour as the ancient equivalent of a modern man's business suit. (Business being, of course, another form of war - Gordon Gecko style!)
A muscled bronze cuirass is the equivalent of a very expensive Savile Row tailor-made-to-measure suit, which fits you perfectly as it is individually crafted and cut to your body shape and size. While a linothorax suit is the equivalent of an off-the-peg suit, made in a small number of standard sizes, bought in a department store.
Like an expensive suit today, bronze armour was a way to show off your wealth and sophistication, and set you apart from the common citizenry.
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