Quote Originally Posted by Kahju
What's this thing about lorica segmentata looking good, anyway? It's ugly as hell, especially when compared to the lorica hamata.
It was tinned, so it was shiny.

The answer is simple, it's light, perhaps as little as half the weight of hamata, though usually more. It's also great if one of the torsion arms breaks off a ballista and hits you in the gut.