Spartans in Carthage?

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Intranetusa 14:44 11-16-2007

Originally Posted by Watchman:
Strictly speaking that's actually a type normally termed "coat-of-plates"... rather cheaper and easier to make than the somewhat intricate lamellar too I'd imagine, which was doubtless one reason the Chinese could use it as something of a "standard kit" body armour.

Mind you, AFAIK the main purpose of laquering metal armour was waterproofing; having been to southern Japan in summer, I've no doubts as to why exactly those folks back in the day coated their lamellar thickly indeed...

Well I've seen pictures of actual metal "paper-clip" like stitching that held together the plates in a similar bronze & jade lammellar armor piece. So maybe the artist just couldn't represent the intricacies of true lammellar with a ceramic statue?

Actually, are the English soldiers in the movie Braveheart wearing coat of plates or lammellar?

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