Rolling Roman Iron for Segmentata Plates

[Matt Lukes]

Sure- we're not talking about huge sheets like are made today- just small ones. Absolutely it would have been possible to heat one up and roll it. The article, however suggests the lorica plate that could have been rolled was done so cold. But if it were hammered a bunch first and then rolled to smooth it out and even the thickness, a rolling mill sounds perfectly plausible to me. A huge amount of pressure isn't necessarily required when talking about changing thicknesses by small amounts...