The philosopher Plutarch says that Alexander the Great wore a "double linen breastplate" at the battle of Gaugamela (Plutarch, Life of Alexander 32.8-12). References to linen armour become much rarer in the Roman imperial period.
Plutarch, in his biography of Alexander the Great (Life of Alexander 32.8-12), describes Alexander wearing a "double linen breastplate" at the battle of Gaugamela. References to linen armor become less frequent during the Roman imperial period.