> Note: I have to clarify my data. I'm using mediaeval info, not the
>ancient Greek that's already been mentioned.
> Plus, of course (and delving into the Greek), there's the hoplite's
>bronze _everything_, including (IIRC) 1 metre diameter dished shield..
>. I'm note sure if they were bronze or bronze over wood.
> But they apparently couldn't afford the weight of any armour apart
>from helm and greaves with the shield. Eye candy for those that
>appreciate that sort of thing... ;)
Much though I hate to take eye-candy from a babe, hoplites did wear a cuirass - "at first of bronze, later of leather or linen" -OCD. I'm not sure whether the cost is the weight and heat, or simply the expense. Note the difference between a true Bronze Age economy, like Homer, in which this was the panoply of heroes, and an early Iron Age, in which half the citizens could afford this.
And what is HeroQuest doing about the problem? Glorantha's stuck with Iron Age coins and marble statues - is there reason to take away readily available metal armor?
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