Meaning of loricae squamatae | Babel Free

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“This shows two legionaries wearing loricae squamatae with shoulder doubling braced across the chest with a chain.”

“The Roman historian Arrianus, in his work Tactica, states that loricae were not worn with the special tunics; however, it is clear that loricae squamatae were made specifically for this purpose, though at a later date, and since the 'game' involved the throwing of wooden javelins at troopers acting as targets, one might expect that at least the 'targets' wore some protection during the first century.”

“In distinguishing the various types of loricae modern scholars coined the following names: loricae hamatae (consisting of ring mail), loricae squamatae (made up of small sections of metal sheet, less flexible than the loricae hamatae) and loricae segmentatae (made of strips of iron sheet articulated on leather straps).”

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