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  1. 11-15-2007, 17:14 #1
    Intranetusa
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    Default Lorica Segementa?

    JUST KIDDING!!!






    Anyways, my real question is how does the lorica segementa stack up against chainmail - why did the Romans start using it in mass in the 2nd century then stopped using it altogether.

    Cheaper to produce but harder/more expensive to upkeep/maintain iron-band armor? Does it provide better protection than say chainmail, scalemail, or lamellar plate mail?



    Idiotic history channel used a modern high quality-steel lorica segementa armor and said it could stop a ballista/scorpion bolt... >.<
    People like it so much because it looks so much cooler than plain-o chainmail. Bleh :(
    Last edited by Intranetusa; 11-15-2007 at 17:25.
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