Lorica Segmentata

The lorica is built in four sections: right and left collar sections (with shoulder guards), and right and left girdle sections.  On each collar section the breastplate is hinged to the mid-collar plate, which in turn is hinged to the top back plate, and below that the middle and bottom back plates hang on internal leathers.  Attached to these plates by three more leathers are the upper shoulder guard (front, rear, and center plates hinged together), and four lesser or outer shoulder guards.  The girdle sections are laced together at front and back, and are suspended from the collar sections by means of straps and buckles--4 at the inside back (2 each side), and 2 at the front on the outside.  (On the type B cuirass hooks and eyes are used instead.)  The collar sections connect to each other with a horizontal strap and buckle at front and back.  The lorica is best put on like a jacket, with all the back closures tied and buckled, then the front fastened.  It helps to have someone hold the cuirass for you while putting it on!

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