Roman Empire was one of the biggest empires that history remembers, and it can thank that to their well trained troups. In time when prosperity and integrity of state was determined with strength of your armies, Roman Empire made sky high progress, and didn’t have many reasons to be afraid for their own survival and blessed life.

Now, twenty centuries after, they are still remarkable sign of history, battle, tactics, weapons, and list goes on through a scale of sports, economy, diplomacy, etc. All these characteristics of such a great Empire can be represented through a single man, a man wearing world wide recognizable Roman soldier’s costume.

 

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Roman army was fierce, trained, adaptable and large, you will agree, enough good characteristics for an army to conquer the whole world. Personal equipment of member of such an army have been as much glorious and dignified as it was his army itself. Equipment Roman soldiers worn could not be compared to the equipment of most of their enemies, their economy was definitely doing some good job. Regular practice and high level of discipline led to birth of an army with formidable level of professionalism and effectiveness. Roman soldier costume shines with courage, valor and power.

Regarding Roman soldiers equipment there are plenty material to make a good costume, whether simply by choosing different military branch or combining two or more branches into one specific costume. The most popular branch in Roman army was legion, it was spine of whole army.

The most famous part of Roman soldiers equipment were probably sandals. Today they are like fashion hit number one, which shows how much impact Roman Empire left on a mankind. Caligae or Roman sandals are made out of two thick layers of leather. Iron plateskirt was used to protect soldier’s legs and this makes your bottom part of costume.

Originally, skirt is made out of iron plates twitched to each other and was grey color. Body was protected by chain mail, over which they worn hard plates to be safe from impact of javelins and arrows. Helmet is well known and is distinctive feature of Roman soldier costume, galea or Roman helmet is decorated with fish on it’s crest, helmet is in silver color with red or golden crest. A shield is important part of costume, as much as important role it played in a life of a soldier. It can be small or big sized, big sized shield refers to heavy infantry, they are usually red colored with black drawings on front side, while small shield refers to light infantry, it is in silver color and circle shaped.

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Weapon refers to army branch as well as shield does, and weapon usually goes in pair with shield, regarding what kind of branch you are trying to disguise in. Long spear refers to heavy infantry and first type of shield we mentioned, large shield while gladius, or short sword refers to light infantry, even though gladius was worn as a secondary weapon of heavy infantry as well.

Torso part of costume is usually made with carved muscles, with accent on „six packs“ torso muscles and nicely defined chest, as it shows hard training Roman soldiers had, they all had to be fit and in the best possible condition regarding their age. You can wear a cloak as well to make an addition to a costume, or just add another accessories such as quiver with arrows, hand wrists protections, leg shields etc.

In case you find it not entertaining to be so model like Roman soldier, you can mix up different kind of Roman army branch equipment and make your own stylish costume. Why not mixing up an archer and light infantry’s equipment?

 

 

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Roman Empire has certainly left a huge mark on mankind, so why shouldn’t we use the best out of it once we have been left such a nice heritage. Wear your Roman soldier costume with proud and dignity as they worn it themselves, hurry up and disguise as this glorious warrior for next Halloween party. You can even convince your friends to dress up as Roman soldiers as well and march out in your street as real legion of brave warriors ready to fight Barbarians!