Where is the roman shield from?

Answer 1

The first known Roman shield was the clipeus, which was modelled on the hoplon of the Greeks. The Roman adopted the hoplite military formation and equipment of the Greeks, probably under the 6th king of Rome (Servius Tullius) in the 6th century BC. In the 4th century BC the Romans adopted the scutum of the Samnites, a people who lived to the south of Rome and against whom the Romans fought three wars in that century. They also adopted the manipular military formation of the Samnites. The scutum developed from being pointed at the bottom to being rectangular, forming a semi-cylinder.

Answer 2

The first known Roman shield, the clipeus, was modelled on the hoplon, the round shield of the Greek hoplites. The Roman adopted the Greek hoplite fighting formation and equipment possibly under the 6th king of Rome (Servius Tullius) in the 6th century BC. The Romans then adopted the scutum, the shield of the Samnites and the manipular military formation of the Samnites in the 4th century BC. To start with the scutum was pointed at the bottom like that of the Samnites. Then it developed into a rectangular shape, forming a semi-cylinder. The scutum disappeared in the 3rd century AD. The Roman legions adopted the shields of the auxiliary troops, which were oval or round.

Answer 3

The Romans had three types of shields over their history.

From the 6th century BC to the 4th century BC the Romans used the clipeus. It originated from Greece. The Greeks introduced this shield when they introduced the hoplite military formation and tactics. It was a small round shield made of bronze which was carried on the arm. It was then replaced by the parma and the scutum.

The parma was a round shield which was a 91 centimetres (36 in.) in diameter and was made of metal, making it very effective. It was used by the light infantry in the Early- and Mid- Republic.It was a Roman innovation. It was scrapped when the light infantry was also scrapped and all legionaries used the same weapons and equipment, thus getting replaced by the scutum which was previously the shield of the heavy infantry.

The scutum originated from the Samnites. It was introduced when the Romans adopted the manipular military formation and tactics of the Samnites during the Second Samnite War (326-304 BC). It was originally oval and curved and was made of two sheets or strips of bentwood glued together to make a convex curve to deflect javelins and blows. They were covered with canvas and hide and the edges were bound in rawhide or iron. Later the scutum changed in shape and became rectangular. As they were also curved, they formed a semi-cylinder. They had a round boss of bronze, brass of iron at the centre. The best surviving example has been found in Syria. It is 1.06 metre (42 in) high, a distance around the curve of 0.86 metre (34 in) which made its width, a depth of 66 centimetres (26 in) a thickness of 5-6 millimetres and weighs 10 kilos (22 pounds). The rectangular version of the scutum remained the shield of the Roman soldiers for the rest of Roman history.

Answer 4

Romans shields have been found throughout the former areas of the Roman Empire. Roman troops were stationed throughout the empire