Cingulum militare

Last updated
A modern cingulum militare replica Roman cingulum 1.jpg
A modern cingulum militare replica

A cingulum militare was a piece of ancient Roman military equipment in the form of a belt decorated with metal fittings, which was worn as a badge of military status by soldiers and officials. Many examples were made in the Roman province of Pannonia. [1]

Contents

The belt was composed of the following parts:

  1. Balteus: Hanging band that was compounded for an overall band.
  2. Bulla: Rivets on the baltea.
  3. Pensilium: Pendant at the end of the straps of the belt.
  4. Lamna: Discus at the end of each apron strip that embrace the pensilium.
  5. Fibula: Buckle of the belt.

The cingulum militare was used in conjunction with the helmet ( galea ), the shield ( scutum ), the overall armor on the upper body ( lorica hamata ), a dagger ( pugio ), and a sword ( gladius ).

See also

References

  1. ↑ Crummy, Philip (1981). Colchester Archaeological Report 1/CBA Research Report 39: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester. Published by Colchester Archaeological Trust and the Council for British Archaeology. ( ISBN   0 90678006 3)

Bibliography

Roman Military banner.svg

This article about the military history of ancient Rome is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.