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Any evidence some cornicen wore segmentata?
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Or are all depictions of cornicen have them wearing hamata.

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L. Cornelius Scaeva (Jim Miller)
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#2
Hi
The column of Marcus Aurelius has Cornicens wearing mail and lorica segmentata. The one wearing segmentata also lacks an animal skin and is otherwise dressed like the other legionaries.

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Great! Thanks
L. Cornelius Scaeva (Jim Miller)
Legio VI VPF

"[The Romans understood] it is not walls that protect men but men that protect walls" - Strabo
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