2D images of reconstructions

A stack of reconstruction pila of the Legio I Italica group at Hadrian's Wall Live 2015. Image: MCB
Pila

Pompeii-type spatha reconstruction (Ermine Street Guard). Image: MCB (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Spatha and scabbard

Pompeii-type spatha reconstruction (Ermine Street Guard). Image: MCB (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Spatha and scabbard

Fulham Mainz-type gladius of the the Ermine Street Guard. Image: MCB (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mainz-type sword and scabbard

Pompeii-type gladius of the the Ermine Street Guard. Image: MCB (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Pompeii-type sword and scabbard

Reconstructed (by the Ermine Street Guard) dagger and scabbard, based on an amalgam of more than one design. Image: MCB
Dagger

Left a reproduction tinned baldric phalera with the word OPTIME MAXIME CON(SERVA) in openwork around an eagle with wings stooped and head turned to right; on the right a rectangular baldric plate with the openwork words NUMERUM OMNIUM (with Us as Vs) and, hinged to it, a heart-shaped pendant with the word MILITANTIUM, both tinned. Motto means something like 'Best and Greatest, protect the whole unit in service'. Image: MCB
Baldric fittings

Reconstructed double-ended stakes, bows, shield, and various tools displayed at Kleinkastell Pohl. Image: MCB
Various pieces of equipment

Schramm's reconstruction of the Ampurias catapult, now in the Saalburg Museum. Image: SBA73
Artillery

Curved rectangular shield resting on the ground beside a pilum with a helmet placed over the shield boss. Reconstructed by the Ermine Street Guard. Image: MCB
Shield and helmet

Reconstruction of a curved rectangular shield, based on the Dura-Europos original, created by the Ermine Street Guard. Image: MCB
Shield

A leather shield cover reconstruction of the Legio I Italica group at Hadrian's Wall Live 2015. Image: MCB
Shield cover

Reconstructed mail shirt with central double-S-shaped fastener in the centre. Image: Álvaro Pérez Vilariño
Mail shirt

Early 20th-century lorica segmentata reconstruction in the Museo della Civiltà Romana. Based on depictions on the helical frieze of Trajan's Column, it incorporates elements based on those discovered by von Groller at carnuntum. Image: MCB
Lorica segmentata front view

Complete Corbridge type B/C lorica segmentata viewed from the front. Reconstructed by the Ermine Street Guard. Image: MCB
Lorica segmentata front view

Complete Corbridge type B/C lorica segmentata viewed from the rear. Reconstructed by the Ermine Street Guard. Image: MCB
Lorica segmentata rear view

Top view of collapsed lorica segmentata showing the four principal interleaved components. This was how cuirass elements were stored in the Corbridge Hoard. Reconstructed by the Ermine Street Guard. Image: MCB
Collapsed lorica sementata

Top view of the lower half of lorica segmentata showing the internal leathering sagging. Reconstructed by the Ermine Street Guard. Image: MCB
Lorica segmentata girth hoops

Interior view of a an upper quadrant of lorica segmentata showing the internal leathering. Reconstructed by the Ermine Street Guard. Image: MCB
Lorica segmentata girth hoops

Detail of the lobate hinges and decorated washer around rivets on an upper shoulderguard of a Corbridge type B/C cuirass. Reconstructed by the Ermine Street Guard. Image: MCB
Lorica segmentata upper shoulderguard

Detail of the horizontal hinged buckle and vertical fastener of a Corbridge type B/C cuirass. Reconstructed by the Ermine Street Guard. Image: MCB
Lorica segmentata fasteners

Reconstruction of the Newstead brass armguard made by Peter Connolly. Image: MCB (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Armguard

Replica ferrous Niederbieber-type helmet with copper-alloy edging, brow band, brow guard, ear guards, and cross-pieces. 3rd century. Image: Einsamer Schütze
Helmet

Cavalry 'sports' helmet from Nijmegen with woven 'hair net'. Image: Museum het Valkhof (Public Domain Mark 1.0
Helmet

Double-ended wooden stakes lashed together in threes as obstacles to form large caltrops. Reconstructed by the Ermine Street Guard. Image: MCB
Wooden obstacles

Pairs of double-ended wooden stakes lashed together to form a palisade and ditch obstacles. Reconstructed by the Ermine Street Guard. Image: MCB
Wooden obstacles

Replica ring junction from horse harness, with four junction loops attached. Reconstructed by the Ermine Street Guard. Image: MCB
Ring junction

Replica phalera junction from horse harness, with two junction loops attached, a horizontal strap on a strap slide, and a hinged pendant. Reconstructed by the Ermine Street Guard. Image: MCB
Phalera junction