Romans tricks during battle field

[Sextus Saturninus]

Yes, the debate about leather armor in the Roman army is a heated argument. Some people claim that all Roman soldiers wore leather armor, especially in the late period. Some people claim that after Septimius Severus, all soldiers wore leather, even though at Dura, they found scale and mail fragments. Also, ancient authors only say some civilizations used leather as armor, though they are not Romans, and the leather was for troops who could not be burdened with heavy mail, the exception being Greek hoplites with the Spolas cuirass. Since soldiers were never recorded as wearing any leather garments beside their subarmalis, the idea that all Legionaries wore leather segmentatas or musculatas is ridiculous.