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==Gallery== <gallery class="center" widths="160px" heights="160px"> File:Urnfield greave.jpg|Bronze greave, [[Urnfield culture]], [[Hungary]], 13th century BC File:Greek - Left Greave - Walters 542336 - Three Quarter Left.jpg|Left greave of a Greek Hoplite. This example has elaborate decoration in [[repoussé]] (a technique in which metal is impressed from the rear to form a raised design), including a lion's face over the knee and lines emphasizing the calf muscles. Tiny holes lining the top and bottom edges secured a fabric lining and leather straps. File:Sepoltura principesca di agighiol, paramento in argento, 350-300 ac. ca. 01.JPG|[[Thrace|Thracian]] greave found in Romania File:Sepoltura principesca di agighiol, paramento in argento, 350-300 ac. ca. 02.JPG|Thracian greave found in Romania File:Davide-Golias.jpg|[[Goliath]] wearing greaves ([[Morgan Bible]], mid-13th century) File:Suneate 1.JPG|Japanese samurai greaves, or ''suneate''. The knee area has hexagonal iron plates called ''kikko'' sewn inside the cloth. </gallery>
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