05-06-2013, 12:33 PM
The only evidence for Roman leather armour is in the form of scale/lamellar and even that is pretty sketchy. Examples have only been found in Egypt and Syria, and it would be hard to determine whether the armour was worn by a Roman or a native. All of the musculata and segmentata typologies seem to have been made of metal.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books