Roman Leather Lamellae Scales from Karanis, Egypt

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I have no idea what the standard equipment for a Roman cataphract would be but my understanding is that they wore maille OR cuirasses but not both. The "clibinarii" is perhaps a direct Latin translation of "tanurig," which means oven-men, and likely refers to the (fairly recent, in the 3rd or 4th Century) practice of wearing a cuirass over maille.