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    The lorica hamata (in Latin with normal elision: [loːr̺iːk‿(h)aːmaːt̪a]) is a type of mail armor used by soldiers for over 600 years (3rd century BC to...
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    late 3rd century AD. The lorica segmentata's use in the Roman army was geographically widespread, but the mail armor lorica hamata may have been more common...
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    The lorica plumata (Latin pronunciation: [loːr̺iːka pluːmaːt̪a], "feathered cuirass") also known the lorica hamata squamatque ("hooked and scaled cuirass")...
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    wearing lorica segmentata with other forms of armor such as the lorica hamata and lorica squamata. It is not known precisely when the Romans adopted the type...
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  • to: Lorica hamata, a hauberk of mail Lorica manica, a type of iron or bronze arm guard Lorica musculata, the Latin name for a muscle cuirass Lorica plumata...
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    legions) and praetorians were issued lorica segmentata. Auxiliary forces would more commonly wear the lorica hamata, or lorica squamata. The second viewpoint...
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    Lorica (armour), including: Lorica hamata (mail armour) Lorica manica (arm guards) Lorica plumata (a form of scale armour resembling feathers) Lorica...
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    Roman army adopted the technology for their troops in the form of the lorica hamata which was used as a primary form of armour through the Imperial period...
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    armor on the upper body (lorica hamata), a dagger (pugio), and a sword (gladius). Roman military personal equipment Lorica segmentata Crummy, Philip...
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    embossed decoration. The legions also reintroduced the wearing of lorica hamata and lorica squamata for the Dacia campaign as both were more flexible than...
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    squama. During Roman times, scale armour (lorica squamata) was a popular alternative to mail (lorica hamata) as it offered better protection against blunt...
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    This commonly consisted of chain (lorica hamata), scaled (lorica squamata), or in the 1st–3rd century sectioned (lorica segmentata) armour, shield (scutum)...
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    completed through private companies known as publicans. Chain-mail armour (lorica hamata) was the standard type of body protection used by legionaries during...
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    Well-known armour types in European history include the lorica hamata, lorica squamata, and the lorica segmentata of the Roman legions, the mail hauberk of...
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    as the Roman army developed cheap forms of iron armour such as the lorica hamata, there was less demand for linen armour. Beginning around 575 BC, artists...
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    lines (Triplex Acies System), they mounted helmets, armor (Lorica segmentata, Lorica hamata, Lorica squamata specially in the 2nd and 3rd centuries), heavy...
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    A Gallic warrior dressed in Roman lorica hamata (chainmail) with a cloak over it. Wearing a torc around his neck, he also wields a Celtic-style shield...
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    Zaječar in Serbia. Several lumps composed of corroded iron ring mail (lorica hamata) have been found at the site. This mail armour may have been worn by...
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    centuries had use of the lorica segmentata, or laminated-strip cuirass, as well as mail (lorica hamata) and scale armour (lorica squamata). Testing of modern...
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  • second pig carcass which was clad in lorica hamata, the katars punctured the carcass with four punches, the lorica hamata offering only slightly more resistance...
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    more like those of the common legionary. He could wear the lorica segmentata or a lorica hamata as well as have his gladius on the right, not the left, side...
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    further bodily mortification of wearing a coat of chain mail (Latin: Lorica hamata) next to his skin as a hairshirt. He died at the Hermitage of San Vicino...
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  • pila (singular pilum), the short sword called gladius, chain mail (lorica hamata), helmet and rectangular shield (scutum). The role of allied legions...
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    Avar nobles, although a handful were of local make. Maille (lorica hamata) and scale (lorica plumata) are also conclusively evidenced in artwork, and a...
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    examples being the Galea helmet based upon earlier Gallic helmets, Lorica Hamata armor was based upon Chainmail of the Noric peoples and both of the...
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    variety of armour types, probably including: scale armour (lorica squamata), mail armour (lorica hamata), and laminar armour (see manica). A number of descriptions...
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    The Romans widely adopted mail as the lorica hamata, although they also made use of lorica segmentata and lorica squamata. While no non-metallic armor...
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    "cataphracts" – which at the time of writing would have been either lorica segmentata or lorica hamata. Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman soldier and historian of the...
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    helmet. But the Roman cavalry may already have adopted mail armour (lorica hamata) from the Celts, who are known to have been using it as early as ca...
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    mail (hamata) or scale (squamata), being virtually impenetrable by ancient weapons. However, historical re-enactors have found replicas of the lorica uncomfortable...
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