Quote Originally Posted by russia almighty
Interesting . I always assumed that the reason lino-thorax armor caught on was the cost factor . Seems like great anti-missle armor but the wearer is screwed if that javelin thrower is in your face with a longsword .
I think it largely caught on mainly because of the mobility it afforded the wearer, and mobility became more and more highly valued from the 5th century BC right down through the Hellenistic period.