Greave, ocrea ...?

[Gashford]

Hello all

I have been making a few greaves of late for murmillo, thracians etc .. and it has got me wondering about the names we use. I haven't made much research into this but are greaves, ocrea etc ... just modern names, do we know what they were originally called.

I have heard someone say that an ocrea is generally the name of the smaller ones, but I think that this was just a reenactorism.

Here's a piccie of my latest one, in case any one is interested. Based, very loosely and without the figure work, on one from Pompeii in Junkelmann's book.