+- RomanArmyTalk (https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat)
+-- Forum: Reenactment (https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/forumdisplay.php?fid=5)
+--- Forum: Roman Re-Enactment & Reconstruction (https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/forumdisplay.php?fid=26)
+---- Forum: Beginners section (https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/forumdisplay.php?fid=31)
+---- Thread: Mail in Late Roman armies (/showthread.php?tid=10089)
Mail in Late Roman armies - gozer87 - 08-02-2007
Hello,
I read in Osprey's Late Roman Infantryman that the segementata is out of use by the late 3rd/ early 4th century. Scale and mail become the primary form of body armour, if armour is worn at all.
How long should a mail shirt for a 4th century auxilla in Britainnia be? Is there anything that makes it distinctively Roman?
For reenactment purposes, how to you all feel about butted mail?
Re: Mail in Late Roman armies - Dan Howard - 08-29-2007
By the 4th century there is little to distinguish Roman mail from, say, Celtic or German mail. Butted mail is a cheap alternative but needs to be considerably heavier than riveted mail. Better off saving for riveted if you intend to wear it for any length of time.