The Roman shield was made of three layers of strips of wood glued together. The back and front strips were vertical and the middle strips were horizontal. The wood core was estimated to be about 2 inches thick. There was a horizontal handgrip. The back and front of the shield were covered in leather and reinforcing leather pieces were stitched on the corners and edges. This leather stitching on the edges and corners replaced the earlier brass binding which was too easily damaged. Along with the shield went a leather shield cover used on the march or whenever the shield was not needed. The man's name and unit were marked on the inside and the outside was many times decorated with the legion's insignia.
The Romans did not invent the shield. Shields were a part of human weaponry before the dawn of civilization.
Constantine put the sign of the cross on the shields of his men before the Battle of Milvian Bridge because it had appeared to him in a dream, a dream he thought had come from God.
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the empire would be stronger and larger.
Roman shields as well as the other military equipment was made by workers in the armories which were scattered throughout the empire.
Probably back in the early days of the city they did make their own weapons, shields included. However, once the army grew and became professional, the Romans had arsenals which produced their weapons. In Italy, shields were produced at Verona and Cremona. In Gaul at Autun,, Trier and Amiens.
They made their shileds for war
Early Romans used leather not only for shoes, shields, and harnesses, but also as currency
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they used bow' n ' arrow, swords shields and sphere's
Hand-held shields, metal shoulder pads, and helmets.
They left helmet's, Shields and of course their skeletons and few remaining artifacts
The Romans did not invent the shield. Shields were a part of human weaponry before the dawn of civilization.
the Romans would slaughter their enemies at a distance. shields wouldn't be thick enough to absorb the shots and the roman empire would live on
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One can find a guide on how to make underarm shields when one goes to the website of wikihow and amazon. There one can get information of how to sew underarm shields.
The military formation of the Romans was the legions, which were subdivided into cohorts and centuries. They used swords and javelin and had helmets and shields. They were commanded by the legatus, the head of the legion, the military tribunes and the centurions.