Lorica segmentata was eventually discontinued in the third century AD for unknown reasons, but lorica hamata remained common for both legionaries and auxiliaries.
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Lorica segmentata was eventually discontinued in the third century AD for unknown reasons, but lorica hamata remained common for both legionaries and auxiliaries.
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This segmented armour provided good protection for vital areas, but did not cover as much of the body as lorica hamata or chainmail.
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The lorica segmentata provided better protection, but the plate bands were expensive and difficult to produce and difficult to repair in the field.
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Constant friction kept the rings of the lorica hamata free of rust, unlike the lorica segmentata, which needed constant maintenance to prevent corrosion.
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Constant friction kept the rings of the lorica hamata free of rust, unlike the lorica segmentata, which needed constant maintenance to prevent corrosion.
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The " lorica plumata " was basically a hamata ) with small feather-like scales ( plumes ) attached to the rings.
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One widely distributed but rarely seen species, " Spirostomum semivirescens ", carries symbiotic zoochlorellae and houses itself within a mucilaginous lorica.
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"The change is to further improve our estimates, " said Mylene Lorica, head of the NSO's employment statistics division.
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This clade possess a synapomorphy of the cells being found within a basket-like lorica, providing the alternative name of " Loricate Choanoflagellates ".