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\"Celtic\" military technology and the Romans
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09-18-2014, 06:15 AM
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Renatus post=359385 Wrote:The word Ammianus uses is "circuli" which, in the context, may be translated as 'rings' or 'hoops'.

"Rings" could be referring to mail armour
"Hoops" could be referring to segmented armour
The complete phrase is "laminarum circuli tenues".

Lamina = plate, thin sheet of metal.
Circulus = circle, ring, hoop.
Tenuis = thin, slender.

I read this as referring to segmented armour.
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