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Posted by U8599486 (U8599486) on Saturday, 9th June 2007
What do you think???
The Romans where a strong team who always
has a plan,
and they always won.
The romans had very strong sheilds
with a boss in the middle that would
be painful if you got hit with it(
i would hate to be hurt with something
that painful!!)
The jacket was called the
lorica segmentarta, of course
that was heavy!
(i have had a replica on before!)
The amour was made out of leather
& was fastened by buttons.
The Helmet?
Well that felt like you was
balencing on your head.
It protected your chin
as there was a bit
at the bottom.
The things at the sides
were to protect your
Cheeks.
And so on all around your face.
So after reading that what do you think?
You can write something like this too.
Thanks for reading
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Far out, man.
It did its job, by and large.
The amour was made out of leather
& was fastened by buttonsÂ
Um... I'm not sure what sort of lorica you've tried on, but lorica segmentata was made of iron (most modern replicas are mild steel, I believe) with bronze or brass trim, and fastened by laces. Apart from those of the 'Golden House' Praetorians - assuming they actually existed - who wore gilded and silvered bronze lorica. Incidentally, lorica segmentata is a modern(ish) name; no-one is sure what the Romans caled it, but the name is based on the authentically Roman 'lorica hamata' (for mail) and lorica squamata (for scale). Mail was decent protection worn over a padded subarmalis, but scale, whilst it looked pretty, wasn't much cop - it left you very vulnerable to an upward thrust.
Some of the helmets were derived from a Celtic design, albeit much evolved (hence 'Imperial Gallic'); others were Italian in origin (Imperial Italic) but the two designs gradually evolved until they were virtually indistinguishable (although to the best of my knowledge IGs were only made in iron, but IIs were produced in iron, bronze or brass).
fascinating thanks for replying
so what do you think and could i ask you why is there two ** next to my name?
But thanks
yes i no about the jacket bit
No, you know about the jacket bit.
, in reply to message 6.
Posted by an ex-nordmann - it has ceased to exist (U3472955) on Sunday, 10th June 2007
Roman amour was probably passionate, Caesar was known to have practised a fair bit of it in his time - and even stayed buddies with a lot of the cuckolds he created through his pursuit of it.
The armour you described (why?) might however have come in useful had his charms let him down.
Roman amour was probably passionate, Caesar was known to have practised a fair bit of it in his timeÂ
As they used to sing in the legions - according to Suetonius (?) anyway:
"Citizens, keep an eye on your wives,
We're bring home the bald adulterer;
He has [expletive deleted] away the gold
That you leant him here in Rome"
Which just goes to show that equipment may change, but soldiers don't, much!
Honestly its heavy i tried it on a it felt like like i was baceling something on my shoulders!
Caesar liked fat men, that's why he ate two (brute?)
Did Caesar Like fat men?
I mean his dad died while putting a pair of shoes on.
The armour you described (why?) might however have come in useful had his charms let him down.Â
It would of been extremley useful!
Katie
Well?
Katie
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