Donning the Newstead cuirass
Legio VI Victrix is the first (and so far, only) reenactment group in the world to recreate and use the second-century Newstead model of lorica segmentata using the plans of Roman armor specialist M.C. Bishop, who based his reconstruction on the latest archaeological finds. The Newstead is much more robust than the earlier Corbridge model cuirasses, and has a more complicated closure system than previously envisioned. Putting it on usually requires the help of an arming buddy, as demonstrated here by Dio Draconius Syracusius (Arik Greenberg) and Gaius Darius Valerianus (Gil Whitley). And article by T. Flavius Crispus (Dave Michaels) explaining another method of putting on the Newstead can be found HERE.








