10-19-2013, 04:15 PM
Around the middle of the fourth century, legionaries were issued a new style of armor combining the lorica segmentata with the muscled cuirass. Expansion of this style of armor with additional pieces eventually gave rise to the full plate c. AD 500, illustrated in such documentaries as Excalibur (1981). This illustration shows a typical legionary of c. 400.
Dan D'Silva
Far beyond the rising sun
I ride the winds of fate
Prepared to go where my heart belongs,
Back to the past again.
-- Gamma Ray
Well, I'm tough, rough, ready and I'm able
To pick myself up from under this table...
-- Thin Lizzy
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Far beyond the rising sun
I ride the winds of fate
Prepared to go where my heart belongs,
Back to the past again.
-- Gamma Ray
Well, I'm tough, rough, ready and I'm able
To pick myself up from under this table...
-- Thin Lizzy
Join the Horde! - http://xerxesmillion.blogspot.com/
