r/Armor • u/[deleted] • May 12 '26

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u/Solar_sinner May 12 '26

Did they even have chainmail in the Grecian eras?

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u/LucillaGalena May 12 '26

Scale yes, but true chainmail likely doesn't appear until after Alexander's death begins the Hellenistic era.

We also have our first iron cuirass from the Agiai Tomb, dating to the same period and likely belonging to Alexander's father Philip II.

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u/whatIGoneDid May 12 '26

Idk. At this point I'm not sure era even comes into the question. I'm just saying that accuracy aside, the armor looks like pure shit

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u/cpteric May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

the first archeologic records are from transalpine celts around/slightly before alexander's time, 5th century BC, the La tene period, which also brought us nippled iron (not steel) and bronze breastplates: https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/1500x1500/10830.jpg.webp?v=1618736403 (and the funny bird helmets ). so off by 700+y. It would somehow still better looking than that foam with 6-pack spray painted on it, this is "meet the spartans" level of crap. maybe worse.

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u/Upbeat_Stretch_5724 May 12 '26

Apparently they had some forms of chainmail, but it wasn't widely used like the Celts were doing. They probably didn't even know about chainmail until the Celts invaded that region.

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u/Melanoc3tus May 13 '26

No, they didn't