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  2. Lorica segmentata - Wikipedia

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    Lorica Segmentata Volume I: A Handbook of Articulated Roman Plate Armour, M.C. Bishop, Armatura Press (November 1, 2002) (online version) Roman Army website, showing the third century finds of segmentata in spain (downloadable PDF) Ancient originals on the pages of the Roman Military Equipment Web Museum

  3. Ancient Roman military clothing - Wikipedia

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    Caligae, heavy-soled military shoes or sandals which were worn by Roman legionary soldiers and auxiliaries throughout the history of the Roman Republic and Empire. The focale, a scarf worn by the Roman legionary to protect the neck from chafing caused by constant contact with the soldier's armor

  4. Lorica hamata - Wikipedia

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    Augustan period statue of a Gaulish soldier wearing a Roman lorica hamata. Modern historians believe that mail armor was invented by the Celts. [3] [4] With the idea for this form of mail possibly coming to Rome during conflicts with the Celts in the 3rd century BC, [5] [2] lorica hamata was used by both legionary and auxilia troops. [2]

  5. Manica (armguard) - Wikipedia

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    A manica (Latin: manica, "sleeve"; [1] Greek: χεῖρες, kheires, "sleeves") was a type of iron or copper-alloy laminated arm guard with curved, overlapping metal segments or plates fastened to leather straps worn by ancient and late antique heavy cavalry, infantry, and gladiators.

  6. Phalera (military decoration) - Wikipedia

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    A phalera was a sculpted disk, usually made of gold, silver, bronze or glass, and worn on the breastplate during parades by Roman soldiers who had been awarded it as a kind of medal. [1] Roman military units could also be awarded phalerae for distinguished conduct in action. These awards were often mounted on the staffs of the unit's standards.

  7. Breastplate - Wikipedia

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    Man's Breastplate, Crow (Native American), 1880–1900, Brooklyn Museum Left Hand Bear, an Oglala Lakota chief, wearing a hair-pipe breastplate, Omaha, 1898. The hair-pipe breastplates of 19th-century Interior Plains people were made from the West Indian conch , brought to New York docks as ballast and then traded to Native Americans of the ...

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  9. Roman military personal equipment - Wikipedia

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    The pilum (plural pila) was a heavy javelin commonly used by the Roman army in ancient times. It was generally somewhat less than two metres (6 ft 7 in) long overall, consisting of a wooden shaft from which projected an iron shank about 7 mm (0.28 inches) in diameter and 60 cm (23.6 in) long with a pyramidal head.