Roman Plate Armour

by M.C. Bishop

Fully illustrated, this book investigates the articulated plate armour worn by Roman legionaries.

First named by Renaissance historians studying the reliefs on Trajan's Column, lorica segmentata evaded successful attempts to reconstruct it until a series of important archaeological finds in the 20th century revealed how it worked and the truth of its extended chronology. The earliest finds date from the late 1st century BC,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472851870
• ISBN13: 9781472851871
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.7"