Lorica Squamata closing method

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Hello Byron,

If the choice is buckles vs what he has right now, then buckles are more sensible. However, if the choice is buckles or the ties the way Markus shows it.....then either one is sensible. However, looking at the evidence of armors that have two halves coming together........segmentata for instance........the girdle plates are tied with loops albeit on the front. Would this armor not also need some assistance to put on? Would it not also be faster if someone helped with tying the loops. Do you not have to thread all those loops with some sort of lace? I do not think you can just undo the knot.......the laces must be removed to take off or put on a seggie....no? For a squamata there are only two or three ties whereas in a seggie there are lots more.

If you look at musculata, then there are tie loops as shown by Markus.

So in actuality the most common methods are not buckles and it does not appear to have bothered the Romans to tie so many laces on armor.