Quote Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus View Post
Advantages of Lorica Hamata over Lorica Segmentata:
  • If offered much better coverage - segmentata does not protect groin, armpits, thighs, etc; coverage was the greatest problem of LS
  • There were a lot of problems with LS, especially the plates falling apart due to the unreliable fastenings
  • One size fit almost all of the recruits
  • It required less ongoing maintenance, less tools, and much fewer spare parts
  • It was more comfortable and more flexible although heavier
  • It had a much longer lifespan - being able to serve many more successive recruits.
  • One could slit a dagger under the plates of LS - LH was impervious to daggers


Otherwise, LS seemed to be better at protecting blows. Despite this fact, for some reason most experts tend to say that LH is better.

Anyway, but spoiler tags over your Gladiator picture - I doubt you're allowed a picture that large. Also, its Roma Victrix - Roma is feminine.

EDIT: Wait, that's not from Gladiator, is it? Is it from the HBO Rome?
OH sh*t here we go again