05-29-2011, 01:59 AM
The belts do indeed tend to slide down,hence my question. The belts stay up better, when worn higher up on the seg. The lacing rings act as anchors for the belts. I understand, that the corbridge seg was worn starting around 40 AD(an estimate) so I would think the segmentata would have held up some crossed belts. I'm employed by a military structured organization and change does not occur over a few years but over decades and even then is not universally accepted,or adopted. Older equipment is never discarded (unless deemed dangerous to the user)and then is used as backup front line gear. I would think as the segmentata was introduced the crossed belts would have been used until it was deemed dangerous.
Douglas
