This is my roman military belt, a balteus, made from a belt blank that I obtained from Tandy Leather. The plates, studs, and terminals were obtained from Albion Armours and match a very common pattern used during the first century AD. Similar plates have been found at roman sites such as Vindonissia and the Herculeneum soldier had a belt made up of similar plates and terminals, but in silver. The buckle was purchased from NIX Imperial and also copies a very common pattern from the first century. The dagger frogs I had cast from wooden patterns that I made.
The straps are riveted to the belt using flat head rivets and fold over the belt plates. From roman military tomb stones we know that this and other attachment methods were used. |
