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The lorica segmentata (Latin pronunciation: [ɫoːˈriːka]), also called lorica lamminata, or banded armour is a type of personal armour that was used by soldiers of the Roman army, consisting of metal strips fashioned into circular bands, fastened to internal leather straps.
Lorica segmentata remains (right half) and recreation (left half). Displayed in the museum at the Corbridge Roman site. Parts of the Hoard are on display at Corbridge Roman Site museum, whilst some other material from it is on display in the Great North Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Roman lorica segmentata worn with manica. Laminar armour (from Latin lamina ' layer ') is an armour made from horizontal overlapping rows or bands of, usually small, solid armour plates called lames, [1] as opposed to lamellar armour, which is made from individual armour scales laced together to form a solid-looking strip of armour.
A reenactor dressed as a Roman soldier in lorica segmentata. Lorica segmentata was a type of body armour primarily used in the early Roman Empire, but the Latin name was first used in the 16th century (the ancient form is unknown). The armour itself consisted of broad ferrous strips ('girth hoops') fastened to internal leather straps.
During the early empire depictions of emperors wearing either the lorica hamata or lorica squamata were very rare. [9] However, during the later empire such depictions were more common. [9] During the 1st century AD it was starting to be supplemented by lorica segmentata, but had been reintroduced as sole standard-issue armor by the 4th century ...
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Legionary wearing a lorica segmentata. Chain-mail armour (lorica hamata) was the standard type of body protection used by legionaries during the late Republican period. [47] It was generally composed of iron rings that measured an average of 1 mm in thickness and 7 mm in diameter.