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Was it not introduced befiore the Romans used celts as auxiliaries? What dates are you thinking of? Way outta my leage here.

(Damn, deleted my post by mistake - try again)

Exactly. It was initially Gallic armour that was adopted by the Romans, just as the hispaniensis was adopted during the Punic Wars. But, the classic hamata was still barbarian armour to start with. If they used it before the Romans, then why wouldn't they be using it afterwards. or at least later, making it the predominant armour when they were the mainstay of the Roman army? The spangenhelm - Roman or barbarian?

From what I can tell, no armour was also a preference of the barbarians in Europe. Wasn't there a point when the legionaries (who would have been auxilia not long before) discarded armour altogether?

My one cent's.