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The figures are probably Roman military officers, wearing the typical non-combat uniform (i.e. without armour and helmets, but with shield and spear) of late soldiers. (Throughout the imperial era, soldiers were usually portrayed in non-combat mode). [ 209 ]
In my paper, I would like to describe the changes in the way Roman soldiers dressed, from the very Mediterranean model of the early Empire to the military dress described by Roman senators as ‘barbaric’ in Late Antiquity and the role fashion and the forming of a specific ‘military style’ played in this.
Examples of items of Roman military personal armour included: Galea or soldier's helmet. Variant forms included the Coolus helmet, Montefortino helmet, and Imperial helmet. Greaves, to protect the legs. Other garments and equipment included: The balteus, the standard belt worn by the Roman legionary.
Red wasn't an uniform color for the Roman army. They mostly wore undyed clothing, linen or wool, so it would come off as off-white, pale grey. In some paintings of parades, they appear in red, but that would be their ceremonial uniform.
Archaeological evidence indicates a large amount of mail and scale armour was present, the former including several examples of decorated mail shirts (using copper rings to add patterns) and scales made of precious materials such as bronze or coated in tin.
13 mar 2024 · All soldiers wore hobnail boots, either in their classically familiar open-strapwork sandal form (caligae) or as the distinctly modern-looking enclosed army boots (calcei) favoured by Roman marines. Army boots could look indistinguishable from footwear for women and children also found in forts – with the exception of rare survivals of slip ...
20 wrz 2015 · In wet weather a leather garment—made of Libyan hide, says the author of the De Rebus Bellicis—or, later, a hooded felt cloak was worn over the armor. But how protective were the two later Roman armors—the lorica hamata and the lorica squamata—and what did the soldiers think of wearing them?
