Legion near Judea at time of Jesus

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James,

It is possible that they could have looked like that (although Corbridge Type 'A' segmentata may not have been in service that early) but it would be safer to depict them in mail or scale, as both these armour types were in use throughout the empire, whereas the earliest evidence for segmentata in Judea comes from the camps around Masada and thus dates to around AD70. There is a distinct lack of evidence for segmentata in the region earlier than that, unless of course some has been found since I last saw an update on the matter. There is also a debate to be had about whether auxiliaries wore segmentata as well, with most people taking the view that they did not and others taking the view (based I believe on finds in the Batavian homelands) that some of them might have done.

Crispvs

What about leather segmentata? (Yeah I know Hollywood :whistle: )
Jpeg from the Passion of Christ