10-24-2009, 04:46 PM
I was reading the recent book by D'Amato and Sumner and came across the description of the Domus Area soldier.
It appears that this man is wearing a yellow segmented armor (presumably copper alloy in nature) and on RAT I do remember a discussion about a fragment of copper alloy POSSIBLY being from a segmentata. However, in this recent book on page 94, D'Amato states that "recent finds of a bronze segmentata" confirm the painting in the Domus Aurea.
How recent is this find and is there any other information about it. I am not making a comment about what is stated in the book only that I think it would be cool if there was a bronze segmentata.
Truth be told, as far as armor is concerned, helmets and body armor of just about every type have been made of iron or some copper alloy so why not a segmentata? i.e scale armor, the same sort of scales have been found using both metals
It appears that this man is wearing a yellow segmented armor (presumably copper alloy in nature) and on RAT I do remember a discussion about a fragment of copper alloy POSSIBLY being from a segmentata. However, in this recent book on page 94, D'Amato states that "recent finds of a bronze segmentata" confirm the painting in the Domus Aurea.
How recent is this find and is there any other information about it. I am not making a comment about what is stated in the book only that I think it would be cool if there was a bronze segmentata.
Truth be told, as far as armor is concerned, helmets and body armor of just about every type have been made of iron or some copper alloy so why not a segmentata? i.e scale armor, the same sort of scales have been found using both metals
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