Roman imperial armour
Subtitle: the production of early imperial military armour
By: D. Sim and J. Kaminski
Contributors: Kaminski, Jaime
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oakville, CT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781842174357
Subjects: Equipment; Armor making; Army; Military antiquities; Ancient Armor; Design and construction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The evidence; title: Introduction; title: Written and visual sources; title: Metallographic and surface examination; title: Experimental archaeology; title: Conclusions; title: Iron production; title: Introduction; title: Sources of iron in the Roman Empire; title: Moving the ore; title: Charcoal production; title: Ore preparation; title: Bloomery iron production; title: Bloomsmithing (pimary smithing); title: Clean iron; title: Conclusions; title: Blacksmithing techniques and production methods; title: Introduction; title: Blacksmithing; title: Welding; title: Heat treatment; title: Advantages of hot and cold working; title: Work hardening; title: Forming sheet metal hemispheres; title: Producing holes in sheet metal; title: Materials testing in antiquity; title: Recycling metal; title: Manufacture; title: Economics; title: Conclusions; title: The production of sheet metal; title: Methods of sheet iron production; title: Conclusions; title: Contents; title: Iron and steel; title: Introduction; title: Methods of making steel; title: Hardening and tempering; title: Conclusions; title: Surface treatment of roman armour; title: Introduction; title: Rust prevention; title: The surface appearance of roman armour; title: Polishing; title: Coatings; title: A comparison of different surface treatments; title: Preventing rusting during storage; title: Conclusions; title: Helmets (galea or cassis); title: Introduction; title: Parts of the helmet; title: Methods of manufacture; title: Conclusions; title: Scale armour (lorica squamata); title: Body armour; title: Lorica squamata; title: Typology of lorica squamata; title: The nature of scale armour; title: Field repairs; title: Case study: the Carlisle shoulder piece; title: Metallography; title: Wire to join scales; title: Replication of scale armour; title: The future of scale armour; title: Conclusions; title: Ring mail (lorica hamata); title: Introduction; title: Wire production; title: Wire drawing; title: Type of metals used for wire; title: Experimental method for producing a draw plate; title: Wire drawing; title: Ring types; title: Non-ferrous rings; title: Riveted rings; title: Conclusions; title: Contents; title: Segmented body armour (lorica segmentata); title: Introduction; title: Conclusions; title: Leg and arm armour; title: Arm armour; title: Greaves (ocrea); title: Method of manufacture; title: Conclusion; title: The shield and boss (umbo); title: Introduction; title: Shield edging (guttering); title: The construction typology of shield bosses; title: Double-skinned ferrous shield bosses; title: Laminated shield bosses (welded); title: Other materials; title: Conclusions; title: Conclusions; title: Appendix 1: The survival of ancient machines; title: Appendix 2: One-sided carburization; title: Glossary; title: Latin terms.