This closeup of the shoulder doublings on Centurio Marcus' chain mail shirt clearly shows how it was constructed from pieces of chain mail on top of leather.  A mail shirt was called a lorica hamata by the Romans.
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This closeup of the shoulder doublings on Centurio Marcus' chain mail shirt clearly shows how it was constructed from pieces of chain mail on top of leather. A mail shirt was called a lorica hamata by the Romans.