lorica segmentata i wish!!!!

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 06-19-2007, 10:15

Originally Posted by Iasonis

when did the lorica segmentata become standard issue for the roman legion, if it was ever a standard that is?

Use seems to have been limited at best, it first appears in 9BC but it doesn't come into common use until around 25AD.

**keravnos** · 06-19-2007, 10:20

EB timeline actually ends with the death of Augustus. 14 AD. So, No lorica segmentata. Wish for something within our timeline.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus

**russia almighty** · 06-20-2007, 01:10

What is the obsession with Lorica Segmenta anyway? I'd rather have chain mail than that stuff.

**Thaatu** · 06-20-2007, 05:56

It is very shiny.

**Iasonis** · 06-20-2007, 07:11

which one offered better protection in terms of slashing, puncture or overall protection?

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 06-20-2007, 09:46

Padded mail. LS was good against blunt trauma.

**Watchman** · 06-20-2007, 09:59

My bet's on the LS. Smooth overlapping iron plates aren't exactly the easiest thing to get a blade or tip through (compare to the certain inherent issues mail has with the pointy stuff), and ought to diffuse blunt trauma pretty well - the same general principle scale and lamellar works by, just with bigger single pieces.