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The lorica hamata (in Latin with normal elision: [loːr̺iːk‿(h)aːmaːt̪a]) is a type of mail armor used by soldiers [1] for over 600 years (3rd century BC to 4th century AD) from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. [2] Lorica hamata comes from the Latin hamatus (hooked) from hamus which means "hook", as the rings hook into one another.
Chain mail (also known as chain-mail, mail or maille) [1] is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh. It was in common military use between the 3rd century BC and the 16th century AD in Europe, while it continued to be used in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East as late as the 17th century.
As a result, mail was very expensive in early medieval Europe, and would likely have been worn by men of status and wealth. [42] [43] Hjortspring boat contained several incomplete suits of mail. The mail worn by Vikings was almost certainly the "four-on-one" type, where four solid (punched or riveted) rings are connected by a single riveted ring.
Mail and plate armour (plated mail, plated chainmail, splinted mail/chainmail) is a type of mail with embedded plates. Armour of this type has been used in the Middle East , North Africa , Ottoman Empire , Japan , China , Korea , Vietnam , Central Asia , Greater Iran , India , Eastern Europe , and Nusantara .
Chain mail or Chainmail is a type of armour. Also known as Chain maille or Chainmaille. Chain mail, Chainmail, or Chain Mail may also refer to: Chain mail, or chain letters, messages sent from person to person that form a 'chain' Chainmail, a wargame which was the precursor to Dungeons & Dragons; Chain Mail, novel by Diane Carey 2001
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Kaynemaile was created as a chainmail fabric that looked and moved like real chainmail, but without the weight, made of polycarbonate resin rings with no joints or seams in the links. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The material was created by a team of New Zealand based chainmail technicians manually interconnect millions of polypropylene (PP) rings [ 7 ] and ...