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The lorica segmentata (Latin pronunciation:[ɫoːˈriːka]), also called lorica lamminata, or banded armour is a type of personal armour that was used by soldiers of the Roman army, consisting of metal strips fashioned into circular bands, fastened to internal leather straps.
The lorica segmentata has come to be viewed as symbolic of the Roman legions in popular culture.
Remains and recreation of lorica segmentata, from the Corbridge Hoard.
The loricasegmentata (Latin pronunciation: [ɫoːˈriːka]), also called lorica lamminata, or banded armour is a type of personal armour that was used by...
with continual slave labor at the state-run armories. Lorica plumata LoricasegmentataLorica squamata Roman military personal equipment Nicholay, Johan...
the lorica squamata. During the Dacian Wars Trajan had to re-equip his soldiers wearing loricasegmentata with other forms of armor such as the lorica hamata...
legions) and praetorians were issued loricasegmentata. Auxiliary forces would more commonly wear the lorica hamata, or lorica squamata. The second viewpoint...
allowing them to bend easily. LoricasegmentataLorica hamata Lorica squamata Manica (armguard) Cavenel, Charles (1984). "Lorica". mediterranees.net (in French)...
ribbed scales resembling feathers Loricasegmentata, a cuirass of metal plates Lorica squamata, a shirt of metal scales Lorica (biology), a protective outer...
particularly from approximately the early to mid 1st century onward, when LoricaSegmentata (segmented armour) was introduced. However the lack of unified production...
commonly consisted of chain (lorica hamata), scaled (lorica squamata), or in the 1st–3rd century sectioned (loricasegmentata) armour, shield (scutum), helmet...
their social superiority, the loricasegmentata and the rectangular shield disappeared. During the 3rd century, the segmentata appears to have been dropped...
name references various armor types of the Roman army such as the Loricasegmentata. Forsell first envisioned UWM when attending while training krabi-krabong...
solid-looking strip of armour. Prominent examples of such armour are loricasegmentata of Ancient Rome and certain versions of samurai armour. Less known...
composite armour formed by combining the concepts behind the Roman loricasegmentata with splint armour. Its historicity is doubtful. It has become entrenched...
more like those of the common legionary. He could wear the loricasegmentata or a lorica hamata as well as have his gladius on the right, not the left...
reintroduced the wearing of lorica hamata and lorica squamata for the Dacia campaign as both were more flexible than the newer segmentata armour which was able...
plates (loricasegmentata). This segmented armour provided good protection for vital areas, but did not cover as much of the body as lorica hamata or...
such as chain mail armour and spears as opposed to the gladius and loricasegmentata more prevalent in the early Empire. The difference between auxiliaries...
offered a fair amount of protection. The famous segmented armor (loricasegmentata) often associated with the Romans probably wasn't used until the Imperial...
armor on the upper body (lorica hamata), a dagger (pugio), and a sword (gladius). Roman military personal equipment Loricasegmentata Crummy, Philip (1981)...
the protection of arms and legs. Plate armour in the form of the Loricasegmentata was used by the Roman empire between the 1st century BC and 4th century...
armour was built up of long horizontal bands or plates, similar to the loricasegmentata. The imperial guards of the Jurchen Jin dynasty have been described...
nguni shield c. 1895 A recreation of Roman legionaries wearing the loricasegmentata, 1st–3rd century Assyrians Akinji Al-Haras Amazons Anglo-Saxons Apache...
famous objects within were six upper and six lower half-units of 'loricasegmentata' armour which, although mis-matched, could represent as few as three...
particularly from approximately the early to mid 1st century onward, when LoricaSegmentata (segmented armour) was introduced. However the lack of unified production...
The Romans widely adopted mail as the lorica hamata, although they also made use of loricasegmentata and lorica squamata. While no non-metallic armor...
plates embedded in mail and resembling laminar armour (e.g. Roman loricasegmentata) Kalantar (Russian: Калантарь): square plates embedded in mail, very...
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