pteruges
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thumb|right|200px|Alexander the Great in battle. Pteruges of leather or stiffened linen are depicted at the shoulders and hips, emerging from beneath his [[cuirass. Detail of the Alexander Mosaic, a Roman copy of a Hellenistic painting.]]
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thumb|right|200px|Alexander the Great in battle. Pteruges of leather or stiffened linen are depicted at the shoulders and hips, emerging from beneath his [[cuirass. Detail of the Alexander Mosaic, a Roman copy of a Hellenistic painting.]]
Pteruges (also spelled pteryges; ) are strip-like defences for the upper parts of limbs attached to armor of the Greco-Roman world.
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