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Steel is different from Iron, steel is stronger than Iron in many ways. But bronze is definetly not better than iron in sharpness, durability, endurance, or strength. Bronze is better for making pots and pans but not better than iron at making armor or weapons.

Bronze armor caves in upon being smacked by axes or longswords. You see, the greeks were really the only ones who used bronze extensively. But when they made it for armor they designed it to protect against cutting flesh not the force of the blow. Since the major fighting style was spear against spear the main worry was that the skin would be cut since the Greeks didn't put the full force behind there blows.

So that means that while bronze armor is great for phalanx fighting combat against a celt or German would prove drastically different. the Celts and Germans put there entire bodies behind there blows so it would rend bronze in half if the Greeks ever fought them.