| Description |
1 online resource (x, 180 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates :) : illustrations (some color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The evidence -- Introduction -- Written and visual sources -- Metallographic and surface examination -- Experimental archaeology -- Conclusions -- Iron production -- Introduction -- Sources of iron in the Roman Empire -- Moving the ore -- Charcoal production -- Ore preparation -- Bloomery iron production -- Bloomsmithing (pimary smithing) -- Clean iron -- Conclusions -- Blacksmithing techniques and production methods -- Introduction -- Blacksmithing -- Welding -- Heat treatment -- Advantages of hot and cold working -- Work hardening -- Forming sheet metal hemispheres -- Producing holes in sheet metal -- Materials testing in antiquity -- Recycling metal -- Manufacture -- Economics -- Conclusions -- The production of sheet metal -- Methods of sheet iron production -- Conclusions -- Contents -- Iron and steel -- Introduction -- Methods of making steel -- Hardening and tempering -- Conclusions -- Surface treatment of roman armour -- Introduction -- Rust prevention -- The surface appearance of roman armour -- Polishing -- Coatings -- A comparison of different surface treatments -- Preventing rusting during storage -- Conclusions -- Helmets (galea or cassis) -- Introduction -- Parts of the helmet -- Methods of manufacture -- Conclusions -- Scale armour (lorica squamata) -- Body armour -- Lorica squamata -- Typology of lorica squamata -- The nature of scale armour -- Field repairs -- Case study: the Carlisle shoulder piece -- Metallography -- Wire to join scales -- Replication of scale armour -- The future of scale armour -- Conclusions -- Ring mail (lorica hamata) -- Introduction -- Wire production -- Wire drawing -- Type of metals used for wire -- Experimental method for producing a draw plate -- Wire drawing -- Ring types -- Non-ferrous rings -- Riveted rings -- Conclusions -- Contents -- Segmented body armour (lorica segmentata) -- Introduction -- Conclusions -- Leg and arm armour -- Arm armour -- Greaves (ocrea) -- Method of manufacture -- Conclusion -- The shield and boss (umbo) -- Introduction -- Shield edging (guttering) -- The construction typology of shield bosses -- Double-skinned ferrous shield bosses -- Laminated shield bosses (welded) -- Other materials -- Conclusions -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1: The survival of ancient machines -- Appendix 2: One-sided carburization -- Glossary -- Latin terms. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Armor, Ancient -- Rome -- Design and construction.
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Armor making -- Rome.
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Rome -- Army -- Equipment.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Armies. |
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Rome -- Military antiquities.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kaminski, Jaime.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sim, David, 1947- Roman imperial armour. Oxford : Oxbow Books ; Oakville, Conn. : David Brown Book Co., ©2012 (DLC) 2011044519 |
| ISBN |
9781842177044 (electronic book) |
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1842177044 (electronic book) |
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1842174355 |
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9781842174357 |
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