Analysis of Greek prehistoric combat in full body armour based on physiological principles: A series of studies using thematic analysis, human experiments, and numerical simulations

• Andreas D. Flouris ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: andreasflouris@gmail.com, aflouris@uth.gr

  Affiliation Department of Exercise Science, FAME Laboratory, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9823-3915

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• Stavros B. Petmezas,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Exercise Science, FAME Laboratory, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

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• Panagiotis I. Asimoglou,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Exercise Science, FAME Laboratory, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4258-1573

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• João P. Vale,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Engineering Faculty, Transport Phenomena Research Centre (CEFT), Porto University, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, Porto, Portugal, Engineering Faculty, Associate Laboratory in Chemical Engineering (ALICE), Porto University, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, Porto, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2836-1057

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• Tiago S. Mayor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Engineering Faculty, Transport Phenomena Research Centre (CEFT), Porto University, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, Porto, Portugal, Engineering Faculty, Associate Laboratory in Chemical Engineering (ALICE), Porto University, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, Porto, Portugal

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• Giannis Giakas,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Exercise Science, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

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• Athanasios Z. Jamurtas,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Exercise Science, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

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• Yiannis Koutedakis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Exercise Science, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, Faculty of Education, Research Centre for Sport, Exercise and Performance, Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7065-9447

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• Ken Wardle,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Diana Wardle

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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