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Coat covered with gold-decorated scales of the pangolin. India, Rajasthan, early 19th century. Dacian scale armour on Trajan's column.. Scale armour is an early form of armour consisting of many individual small armour scales (plates) of various shapes attached to each other and to a backing of cloth or leather in overlapping rows. [1]
Confusion arises because of the wide variety of terms by which similar armours are known. Banded mail has been described as "a form of mail reinforced with bands of leather", as "overlapping horizontal strips of laminated metal sewn over a backing of normal chain mail [sic] and soft leather backing" and as "many thin sheets of metal are hammered or riveted together".
During the Dacian Wars Trajan had to re-equip his soldiers wearing lorica segmentata with other forms of armor such as the lorica hamata and lorica squamata. [5] It is not known precisely when the Romans adopted the type of armor, [ 4 ] but it remained in use for about eight centuries, [ 4 ] most prominently in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.
Despite the armor being commonly associated with the Romans, the technology behind the lorica segmentata was old by the time it was introduced into the Roman infantry. The Dendra panoply is an example from the 15th century BC of articulated plate defense using a similar technique of overlapping curved plates.
Armor of Achilles, created by Hephaestus and said to be impenetrable. (Greek mythology) Armor of Beowulf, a mail shirt made by Wayland the Smith. (Anglo-Saxon mythology) Armor of Örvar-Oddr, an impenetrable "silken mailcoat". (Norse mythology) Babr-e Bayan, a suit of armor that Rostam wore in wars described in the Persian epic Shahnameh. The ...
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The armor was covered by 20 to 30,000 very small scales that were unlike any Roman scales. [3] [8] Each scale was folded to leave a 90° angle at the top. [3] Four small holes can be found in the ledge formed by the angle. [3] Some scales were superimposed downwards and arranged vertically. [3] The scales had a rib down the center. [4]
Tang soldier in cord and plaque armour Tang shield warriors wearing cord and plaque Tang dynasty military official in scale armor and winged helmet. An armoured cavalryman asking for direction, from a painting by Yan Lide, the brother of Yan Liben , 7th c. Cavalry of the Guiyi Circuit