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Examples of lorica
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It has been suggested that the lorica may have been used by auxiliaries also.
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Later versions had sleeves and expanded to the knees unlike the earlier lorica hamata.
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The lorica hamata is a type of mail armour used by the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.
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The Romans also had a variant called lorica plumata in which the scales were attached to mail.
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Legionaries are uniformly depicted wearing lorica segmentata and with curved rectangular shields.
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Tanko is as marginally related to the topic as lorica segmentata.
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Some wore mail shirts, while others wore scale armour or lorica segmentata or laminated-strip cuirass.
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Lorica Segmentata has come to be viewed as synonymous with the Roman legions in pop culture depictions.
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A shirt of scale armour was shaped in the same way as a lorica hamata, mid-thigh length with the shoulder doublings or cape.
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- A hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example)
- In biology, a lorica is a shell-like protective outer covering, often reinforced with sand grains and other particles that some protozoans and loricifera metazoans secrete. Usually it is tubular or conical in shape, with a loose case that is closed at one end. ...
- Lorica is a genus of chitons in the family Loricidae.
- In the Christian monastic tradition, a lorica is an incantation recited for protection. In addition to being recited by monks, loricas could also be found inscribed on the shields or armorial trappings of a knight, who might recite them before going into battle.
- (Loricae) While several types of loricae (armor) existed in the Roman legion, the lorica plumata was reserved for the use of military leaders (Tribunes and above, but typically Generals) due to the high cost of production, and maintenance. ...
- A high quality type of synthetic leather used in some cycling shoes.
- A material made from a combination of fine microfibers. After being treated with special resins, the woven fibers take on a micro-porous structure which makes the material strong, soft, lightweight and breathable.
- An organic or inorganic casing or shell incompletely surrounding an organism, usually loose fitting.
- A protective covering surrounding flagellated cells of some algal groups
