Talk:Lorica segmentata
From Academic Kids
I made a set of lorica segmentata and find that it collapses like a collapsable cup, with the top ring of plates on the outside and each other ring of plates concentrically inside. I didn't do much research on this armor, but I find it hard to believe that they would take it apart for transport when the correct leather strapping of the metal plates will let the armor be just as compact.
Short version: How do you know they took the armor apart when they wanted to save space? -Tom Cerul
The link to Anima goes somewhere nonsensical.
The authoritative website for the three early forms of the this type of armor (Kalkreise, Corbridge and Newstead) is located here: http://www.loricasegmentata.org/. The website author, M.C. Bishop, has also published a monograph (Lorica Segmentata: A Handbook of Articulated Roman Plate Armour, Armatura Press, 2004 ) that reviews critical works in the study of all forms of the lorica and also reviews the archeological evidence.
Persons interested in reconstructing their own lorica can visit this site for full-sized patterns: http://www.larp.com/legioxx/lorica.html. Lorica Hamata and Lorica Squamata reconstruction information are available at: http://www.larp.com/legioxx/hamata.html and http://www.larp.com/legioxx/squamata.html respectively.
r.saulpaugh
