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I think lamellar armor very popular in Ve and VIe century AD maybe most in Orient Empire? byzantines sources show a lot of saints in lamellar armor...
Paulus Claudius Damianus Marcellinus / Damien Deryckère.
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Viminacium, VI century
ref. Starinar LV 2005, I. Bugarski - A contribution to the study of lamellar armours
I forgot to say there are more than 500 lamelae found, and as far as i know - two armours. In fact the find is from smithy workshop as the author says.
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The XIX century drawn are fine. I have pictures of Original Constantine coin. I don't believe that lamellar armor, idem to Decence but about the Dalmatius coin the depiction is clear!
Thank for this illustartions.
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Avete Omnes,
Do we know the size range of lamellar plates the Romans (up to the sixth century A.D.) would have worn ?
I'm thinking of making my own lamellar cuirass out of blank dog tags. Two sizes are available :
2.3 cm x 4.5 cm
3 cm x 5.9 cm
Do either of these seem far too large to use ?
I've looked for sizes in Roman Miltary Equipment but only found some references. So, I'd like to know the full range of acceptable sizes I can use to construct my own shirt.
Thanks in advance for any help.
~Theo
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Ave!
After reading the comments, I hope I can finally find the answer to my question.
Note: I lack a load of knowledge of lamellar armor types, so I might write nonsenses. Bear with it.
I'd like to construct a leather laced, lamellar lorica sqamata. A type that was used both in the Roman period (for gladiator fights), and in the middle ages (as many centuries as possible). I was told that a kind of
birka lamellar (number five) was that type, but I'm concerned.
I would like to know even the slightest crumb of information about that armor.
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Lamellar laced with rawhide .
Picture 1 total view
Picture 2 front view
Picture 3 rear view
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Lamellar with rings
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f is front
r is rear
The rust is not from the rain.
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Photos don't help without the context. What are we looking at? Extant museum samples? Modern reconstructions? What time period? Which culture?