The Roman Legionary's Equipment

Dressing a 1st century AD legionary for battle and way-making marches.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• roman
• legionary
• soldier
• armour
• weaponry

[legoman580]

two dislikes, i guess two barbarians were watching this

[onemoreturn]

I think Caligula was the greatest Emperor of all time because he did it for teh lulz.

[irishxxkelt]

@plaid13 It was the centurions who wore leg protection called greaves.

[plaid13]

they would wear pants wool socks that sort of thing all based on weather but they avoided lower body armor because the shield worked well enough and they prefered the mobility. There were a form of shin armor that strapped onto the sandals but i dont think it was used often at all.

[oneminuteworkout]

@legoman580 bloody Gauls..damn that kit looks heavy. Did I miss something....no lower garments or armour?

[pcortes1987]

THAT FUCCKING SICK! WHERE DO U GET THAT STUFF FROM?

[kelli72993]

@123DROCK I know right,I just wonder what those traitors think to themselves when they decide to take the seat as emperor LOL "Im going to bring this empire even more glory and become the best emperor of roman history" ..........next thing you know,empire splits apart and barbarians run amok

[HaNsWiDjAjA]

@effigyoflight

Nope, that's the effect of having an Anglo-centric view of history. The longbow is a very basic and ancient bow design, Otzi the Icemen from 3300 BCE carried a yew longbow, practically identical to the English weapon. It's just that no culture at this point used it en masse in battle like the English did later (well that's not completely accurate either, the Nubians did actually, but they weren't that well known)

[SVAFnemesis]

it hurts when you put the Lorica Segmentata on. I've tried it, and I was wounded by my own armor.

[TheusZeusDeus]

@123DROCK Was there any poet, scientist, mathematician, engineer born north and west of Rome? In 500 years? Do I miss something mate? Why when the Empire disintegrated the east moved forward and the west "went backwards". Did the west went backwards really or it simply remained in the same cultural level it was within the Roman Empire? Get the basics?

[TheusZeusDeus]

@123DROCK Roman Empire was from 30 B.C. to 400 B.C. - from there on we gradually talk about Eastern Roman Empire that lasted of course much more than that. Romans did notthing to expand or improve any Greek ideas for the VERY SIMPLE REASON that 99% of Roman culture and civlisation was happening south and east of Rome. Now you tell me why.

[omfgitzalex]

lol wow he looks like a complete fruitcake. ;)