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[[File:ACOD_Athenian_Linothorax.png|thumb|Athenian Linothorax]]
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The '''Athenian Linothorax''' is a type of the {{Wiki|linothorax}} body [[armor]] worn by [[Athens|Athenians]] soldiers in ancient [[Greece]].
[[File:ACOD_Athenian_Linothorax.png|thumb|The Athenian Linothorax]]
The '''Athenian Linothorax''' is a type of {{Wiki|linothorax}} [[armor]] commonly worn by [[Athens|Athenians]] [[soldier]]s in ancient [[Greece]].


The armor's light design sacrificed protection for speed, allowing the Athenians to manuveur easily in battle. During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] could purchase the armor from [[blacksmith]]s or loot it from chests and bodies across Greece.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
The armor's light design sacrificed protection for speed, allowing the Athenians to maneuver easily in battle. During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the armor was a common sight in both battlefields as well as in the inventories of [[blacksmith]]s, as the [[Athenian army]] clashed with the [[Sparta]]n [[Spartan army|forces]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>


==Armor statistics==
==Armor statistics==
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|colspan="4"|''Athenians value speed over protection in battle, as this armor demonstrates.''
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==Behind the scenes==
The Athenian Linothorax, a piece of armor in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'', has two variants, the models of which are shared by a number of other similar pieces of armor in the same game, including the [[Lesbos Breastplate]].


==Appearances==
==Appearances==

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The Athenian Linothorax

The Athenian Linothorax is a type of linothorax armor commonly worn by Athenians soldiers in ancient Greece.

The armor's light design sacrificed protection for speed, allowing the Athenians to maneuver easily in battle. During the Peloponnesian War, the armor was a common sight in both battlefields as well as in the inventories of blacksmiths, as the Athenian army clashed with the Spartan forces.[1]

Armor statistics

Rarity Armor (Level 99) Default Engravings Availability
Common ?? (Randomised) Blacksmith, Loot
Rare ??
Epic 3131
Description
Athenians value speed over protection in battle, as this armor demonstrates.

Behind the scenes

The Athenian Linothorax, a piece of armor in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, has two variants, the models of which are shared by a number of other similar pieces of armor in the same game, including the Lesbos Breastplate.

Appearances

References