To Balteus, or not to Balteus...

[Tarbicus]

And Facilis' depiction is not the best one to point at very specific details because there's clearly some artistic license taken- just look at the width of his belt, it's HUGE, and his shoulder pteryges go all the way down to this elbows- not the normal length depicted on very high-quality statues, which can more easily be taken as accurate.

Matt, that boxes everything in as if we know all there is to know about Roman military equipment. Besides, the size and shape the sculptor made individual items has nothing to do with which actual items are on the man, only to do with the sculptor's eye for proportions.

Facilis was an individual who had his own tastes and preferences. He may have liked big belts and pteryges, and you can't state otherwise. This wasn't an age of regulation uniforms. We can't go by practicality either. One centurion had a brazier of hot coals on his helmet which is highly impractical, but it scared the crap out of the enemy.