Typical Legionary Equipment
Regular soldiers were outfitted with:
Armour included:
Weapons consisted of:
Other gear included:
Regular soldiers were outfitted with:
- scarf (focale)
- arming shirt (subarmalis)
- tunic (tunica)
- leather trousers (bracae): These were typically worn by standard bearers.
- sandals (caligae)
- cloak (sagum which was a heavy cold weather cloak or a paenula)
Armour included:
- a helmet (cassis)
- body armour (lorica segmata, hamata , plumata or squamata)
- dagger (pugio)
- arm guard (manica)
- shin guards/greaves (ocreae)
Weapons consisted of:
- a sword (gladius) complete with scabbard, belt (cingulum). and baldric (balteus).
- two spears (pila)
- shield (scutum) For instructions from Legio XXX on how to build a replica scutum click here.
Other gear included:
- Dolabra: A combination axe/pick employed for digging trenches, chopping wood, etc.
- Canteen
- Latrine Sponge: The precursor of toilet paper.
- Sudis (also known as a vallus): A palisade stake employed to secure the perimeter of marching camps (typically
two per soldier). - Furca: a pole for carrying equipment while on the march.
- Rope or leather: For handling turfs used to build a vallum.
- Saw
- Turf Cutter/Sickle: To cut turfs for vallum construction.
- Wicker Basket: Used for shifting earth during fossa excavation .
- Cooking utensils
- Loculus (carrying bag) For recommendations from Legio XXX on how to build a replica loculus, click here.
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