Lamellar and cataphract armour

[Marcus Julius]

These are obviously eastern but dated to 1st or 2nd century AD but the swords appear to be Hispaniensis which dissapeared from use in the early 1st century BC.

Questions;

Why depict them with lamellar if Romanising them?

Was lamellar in use as earlty as 1st century BC?

Was lamellar in use then? most certainly it was.
Have a look at this thread. About 3/4 of the way down the page, read the quote posted by "Eleatic Guest"

Now, whether or not "Romans" were using lamellar? Well, I guess that would depend on how much "Romanising" has to happen before you consider them Roman.