11-05-2019, 01:48 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-05-2019, 12:31 PM by Dan Howard.)
Mail was at least as common as segmentata yet it is hardly depicted. On top of that, the legions barely participated in the fighting at all. The auxilliaries did the bulk of the fighting in the Dacian campaign but that is not a subject worthy of propaganda monument. Where is your evidence that praetorians actually wore segmentata? Any texts telling us how they were equipped?
The term "peasant" is not what you think. It simply refers to a person of low social class - the type of person who would be a typical low-ranked legionary. Segmentata was the cheapest metal armour the Romans had and only worn by those who could not afford anything better. It was their attempt at producing munitions plate and, for the time, it was impressive. An ingenious solution.
The term "peasant" is not what you think. It simply refers to a person of low social class - the type of person who would be a typical low-ranked legionary. Segmentata was the cheapest metal armour the Romans had and only worn by those who could not afford anything better. It was their attempt at producing munitions plate and, for the time, it was impressive. An ingenious solution.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books
