Did the Romans have the composite bow?

[Dan Howard]

Ok. Lets get to business. This is about the constrcution of the lorica hamata used in the test I gave the link above:

A translation would help. What sort of riveting was employed? What did they use to simulate a subarmalis? If the link diameter is 9-10mm then that is way too large for typical Roman mail. 6-7 mm is far more typical. The alignment is wrong too. If you hang mail the way it is in the above photo then the weight of the armour spreads the links making them more susceptible to thrusting attacks. Rotate the mail 90 degrees and you'll find the armour functions far more effectively. My initial impression is that this test is biased heavily against the armour.