Illustration
A c. 7th or 6th Century BCE Etruscan breastplate. This breastplate or cuirass bears similarities to an ancient Greek "muscle cuirass", because it is modeled after a human torso with features such as pectoral muscles and a spine. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Art, M. M. O. (2019, June 02). Etruscan Bronze Cuirass. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/10831/
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