Lorica hamata / segmentata

[Matthew Amt]

We must consider also that during 3rd century the most presence in army was ''barbarian'', with his ''habits''. We musn't forget that mail was a Celt ''invention''.
I can't imagine a German using segmentata... like the tunic...

Sure, there were all kinds of fashion influences back and forth between the Romans and the people around them. But why shouldn't a German wear lorica segmentata? By the end of the first century AD there were plenty of Gauls, Germans, Spaniards, Thracians, Britons, Syrians, Egyptians, Greeks, Africans, and other folks in the legions, and no indication whatsoever that any of them refused to wear a particular type of armor just because it didn't look like what Grandad used to wear. We know Roman swords were exported to Germany and other places, after all.

Heck, I'm German on both sides of my family, and the lorica segmentata is what enticed me to start making Roman stuff in the first place!

Valete,

Matthew