Did Romans bury soldiers in armor or save the armor

[Flavivs Aetivs]

The Vermand Treasure is a pretty decent example (c. 371ish). The man was a Sarmatian in the Roman army. Another example is the Budapest III burial (c. 380ish), who also may have been a Sarmatian.

By the late 4th century Germanic influence had made weapons burials popular among the army. Usually though they were limited to lance heads and the like. Items that could be re-issued to new troops, like armor, helmets, and swords, are pretty rare in Roman weapons burials.

There's one burial from Romania we've been discussing on the FB Roman group. 5th Century, he was probably an Alan, and was in Roman service as he possessed a proper ridge helmet.