Just wondering if the new EB will have their imperial legion equipped with this armor, and lorica hamata.
Lorica Segmentata
Just wondering if the new EB will have their imperial legion equipped with this armor, and lorica hamata.
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Sorry dude, but are you serious? If you are, then I feel kinda sorry for you, since you are about to get your ass kicked.
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Definitely,no. I can tell you that much for sure,having visited the EBII area only once and got somewhat of a light verbal lashing over Spartan hoplites.
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The question of lorica segmentate (LS) appears every month or so on the EB1 forum, and the answer is always the same. EB ends at 15 AD, and LS didn't became common until half a century later. The team is aware that there are LS finds predating the end-date, but the impression is that LS was a rarity in the Augustean army, and such will not be included.Originally Posted by Lemons
I understand people are getting tired of this question, but that is no reason to be derisive. Sadly, due to misrepresentation in popular history, most people think that all Roman legionaries wore LS.Sorry dude, but are you serious? If you are, then I feel kinda sorry for you, since you are about to get your ass kicked.
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You know how many problems would be solved if the EB team added a blurb about LS in into the description of all Roman Units?
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Or even better, every time you enter the forum a big sign flashes repeatedly saying "The Romans didn´t use LS in EB´s timeperiod!".
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You'd be amazed how many people would still manage to miss that. I'd prefer general Appo's suggestion, however there would still be people asking for "the segmented armour, don't know what's it called, the Romans used".
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Ludens, thanks for your explanation!
No need to kick anyone. It's good enough that EB fans always take the field in this recurrent issue.
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Isnt it accepted that the Kalkriese type of lorica segmentata was in use from 20BC to about 50AD? They found the breastplate dated 9ad from Teutoberg Forest so if the legions had them then, the praetorians who were better equipped should have had them some time before.(unless of coarse the less important guys would have the nice armor first which wouldnt make any sense) So maybe a praetorian unit having it wouldnt be far fetched.
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Given that at least in EB1 it's possible to have the Imperial reforms pretty early in the first century BC, I'd say it rather would be.
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...what is it with people and LS, anyway ? I don't get it.
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It is debatable whether LS is truly superior to chainmail, so the Praetorians wouldn't necessarily have worn it. Again, the impression is that LS was rare EB's time frame.
Is that a rhetorical question? Most basic history books and almost all of popular history display Romans in LS. It is recognizable and unique, so for many people it is the quintessential Roman armour....what is it with people and LS, anyway ? I don't get it.
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I don't know how rare it was, but I think a safe possibility would be to use it for artillery crews.
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