EQUIPMENT
Typical Legionary Equipment
Regular soldiers were outfitted with a:
- loin cloth (subligar or subligaculum)
 - tunic (tunica)
 - cummerbund (fascia ventralis): It was worn over the tunic but beneath the waist belt.
 - belt (balteus): It consisted of separate belts for the pugio and gladius with a leather apron that hung down in front. The alternative was a single aproned belt for the pugio and a baldric for the gladius.
 - arming shirt (subarmalis)
 - scarf (focale): To protect the neck against chaffing from armour.
 - leather trousers (bracae): They were typically worn by standard bearers.
 - hobnailed sandals (caligae)
 - cloak (sagum, which was a heavy cold weather cloak, or a paenula)
 
Armour included:
- a helmet (cassis)
 - body armour (lorica segmentata, hamata, plumata or squamata)
 - arm guard (manica)
 - shin guards/greaves (ocreae)
 
Armaments consisted of a:
- sword (gladius)
 - dagger (pugio)
 - two javelins (pila)
 - shield (scutum)
 
Other gear included a:
- combination axe/pick (dolabra): This implement was employed to dig trenches, chop wood, etc.
 - palisade stakes (sudis also known as a vallus): These were used to secure the perimeter of marching camps (typically two per soldier).
 - pole for carrying equipment (furca) while on the march.
 - sachel/carrying bag (loculus)
 
Miscellaneous Items:
- rope or leather: To transport turfs used to build a vallum.
 - saw/turf cutter/sickle: To cut turfs for vallum
 - wicker basket: To reposition earth during fossa
 - canteen
 - cooking utensils
 - toilet sponge on a stick (xylospongium or tersorium): Found in latrines they were the precursor of toilet paper.