"Alexander's armour" Topic

I just found this short video of an academic who recontructed the type of armour that Alexander the Great and his army wore. As you might expect it was a nice balance of protection, mobility, and weight. No examples survive because it was made of organic materials and so biodegraded, but they managed to recontruct it using scholarly research. It's nice to know people invest their time researching such things.

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What a terrific attitude this academic has. none of this has survived because it was organic. Hey, lets make some armor and check it out. A big bonus is that is was Alexander. A very cool series of interviews.

So….there were no pics of the completed armour…..I found it mildly interesting, yea, good attitude and interesting observations and investgations, but, pics tell a much greater story.

There was one of the student with an arrow sticking in his linothorax but I don't remember the location, perhaps later in the interview?

Back in the 1970s, I read that the armor was layers and layers of linen. That would entangle arrows and offer padding for sling stones. Whereas the earlier hoplite cuirass would allow sling hits to bruise the soldier and arrows to slide to a neck or arm pit.