3. Information on Clothing
• Shoes
• The Romans made shoes and sandals by fixing strips
of leather to a tough leather or cork base. Soldiers had
to wear a “caliga” which is a boot
• Helmet
• The exact form or design of the helmet varied
significantly over time, between differing unit types.
The soldiers helmet was made of bronze
4. Information on Clothing
• Tunic
• The Soldiers would wear knee-length woolen tunic
• Groin Protector
• It was made of decorated leather strips that gave some
protections to the groin in battle
5. Information on Clothing
• Shoulder Plates & Body Armor
• Was made of bronze plate armor and was fastened
together with steel rivets. This type of armor was
much less expensive to make than chain mail since
chainmail took a long time to make
6. Information on Supplies
• Back Pack
• The soldiers would carry around a “Marius’s Mule”
which was a sac that cared the supplies the soldier
would have need on his tour
• Shield
• The “scutum” was a 22 lbs large
rectangle curved shield made from
three sheets of wood stuck together
and covered with canvas and leather
7. Information on Weapons
• Pugio
• This was a dagger worn on the soldiers belt
• Gladius
• This was a short sword
• Javelin
• A long wooden spear with a sharp tip
8. Characters
• The character’s in Julius Caesar the soldiers uniform
would have been warn by Antony, Octavious, Brutus,
and Cassius.
