Roman Laminated Armor

Lorica segmentata laminated type body armor was adopted by the roman legions in the early part of the first century ad and was in use into the early third century ad when it fell out of favor.

Roman laminated armor.

Lamina layer is an armour made from horizontal overlapping rows or bands of solid armour plates called lames as opposed to lamellar armour which is made from individual armor scales laced together to form a solid looking strip of armor. The former one is defined as the laminated strip cuirass. Style of cuirass denotes the roman legionary soldier. Loːr iːka sɛgmɛnt aːt a is a type of personal armour that was used by soldiers of the roman empire consisting of metal strips girth hoops fashioned into circular bands fastened to internal leather straps.

It provided the superior protection due to the complexity of the armor design. The term applied by the romans to this armor is now lost to us. The types of armour worn by the roman soldiers included lorica segmentata scale armour and mail shirts. This armor was essentially composed of numerous long straps of laminated iron which were joined together either with metal hooks or with leather straps.

Lorica segmentata laminar armour metal strips fashioned into circular bands. Lorica hamata mail armour used during the roman republic continuing throughout the roman empire as a standard issue armour for the primary heavy infantry legionaries and secondary troops auxilia. This classic armor of the roman army came into use during the early first its origin is unknown. The mail armour was lorica hamata and lorica squamata.