Lorica Segmentata / common error

[jvrjenivs]

Can anyone tell what kind of mail they used before the lorica segmentata got more common;(u neednt correct me there ive read the thread 8)

I don't totally get your question But before the segmentata came into use the main armour of legionairies (there wasn't much real 'auxilia' by then, just irregular allied troops) seems to have been mainly chainmail (lorica hamata) or scale (lorica squamata). Some higher allied troopers probably also had access to these kinds of armour. Afther the segmentata goes out of use, the hamata and squamata stay in use (as they always did, also along the segmentata), althoug over ages the look of a hamata will change. (adding sleeves, which become longer, for instance).

And yeas, thinking about the amount of armour needed for the Roman army, there certainly was some mass production in fabrica. In fact it seems that Corbridge (UK) housed workshops to make armour, for instance. Fabrica from other periods are also known