Earliest Use of Lamellar by Romans

[Dan Howard]

It depends on how you define "lamellar". If you use James' definition then lamellar is restricted to scales laced/wired together so that no backing material is needed. Using this definition, the Palmyrene relief is more likely to be scale armour and not lamellar. The earliest example of true lamellar I have found anywhere in the world dates to the Warring States period in China. There was some true lamellar at Dura Europos. Can anyone post a photo of the Catalka example?