Quote Originally Posted by Ludens View Post
That would make 1 in 4 legionaries wear LS, a rather high percentage since only one suit has been recovered from the Augustean era (accepting, for the sake of the argument, that it was indeed from the battle of Teutoburger forest). Also, it's not sure that it would have been worn by a legionary. IIRC LS has been found more often in contexts associated with Roman auxillaries rather than true legions.

If you ask me, that's still stretching it for the sake of including a LS.
Is there any evidence that Germanic warriors took some of the Romans armour and weapons as prizes? Because in my opinion, if I was a warrior and just slaughtered a Roman legion I would have gone for the LS because it was very new and shiny and never seen before and really does look intimidating then chain mail which i suspect was a major reason for its rising popularity.