Roman Armor

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One thing which I found essential in my years of wearing a metal helmet in cold weather in northern Germany was a balaclava or scarf wrapped around the head and ears because metal attracts the cold like nothing else! I have seen WWII pictures of troops on the Russian front doing the same and also WWI. I think that the ancients would have done the same (unless they were some kind of supermen!)

As for the helmet and shield but no body armour troops mentioned, would there have been some kind of light infantry attached to a Legion, or auxillury troops maybe?