After months of delay: Ruina Imperii is an Imperial Legion armor and weapons overhaul inspired by late Roman and/or early Byzantine equipment from the 4th to 7th Centuries. These armors are meant to be reasonably lore friendly, realistic, and are based roughly on the historical record, however some creative liberties were taken. You can find Chainmail, scale armor, spears, javelins and more! All equipment is craftable and temperable, they can be found under multiple categories and are based on the materials used so you won't find them all right away at level 1. In the replacer version higher quality equipment with spawn based on the level so don't expect to see much of the high end gear in the wild right away at level 1 either. There are two versions: Quartermaster Edition (QE) and Blacksmith Edition (BE). QE reoutfits the Imperials in game with new weapons and armors, while BE adds the new gear in as standalone. I was hoping to get a release done around December 2020 or January, maybe February 2021, but here we are it being May you can see how well that went. The delay was mainly due to the LE .BSAs not including some meshes and textures and I wanted to release on Nexus, Steam, and BethesdaNet. So if anyone can help me with some working LE BSAs let me know! In the meantime I'm happy to finally bring the mod to Nexus for LE and SE will be available on Nexus and BethesdaNet for Xbox. As of Version 1.2 I've improved spears, javelins and plumbata to make them more viable weapons. 

SE: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/49341

Known issues: Some textures may look glossy or disappear from time to time, no idea what causes this, but it's a temporary issue. Easiest fix that usually works is enter menu, unequip the item, exit menu, then reequip the item. Annoying, but again I don't know what's up with that. 
Some minor unavoidable clipping. 
Some NPCs may become invisible when using spears. No idea why. 

Credits:
Tunics: Vaultman30, Medtech, Narf of Picklestink, Jedo_Dre and team.
Chainmail: Vaultman30, Jedo_Dre and team, Medtech, Narf of Picklestink. 
Subarmalis/Globa: Vaultman30, Jedo_Dre and team, Medtech, Narf of Picklestink. 
Greaves: Jedo_Dre and team. 
Steel Scale/Sleeves: Vaultman30, gechbal, Medtech, Narf of Picklestink, Jedo_Dre and team. 
Dwemer Scale/Sleeves: Vaultman30, NordwarUA, Medtech, Narf of Picklestink, Jedo_Dre and team. 
Dwemer Scale Coat: Ellise, Medtech, Narf of Picklestink. 
Chainmail Haubergeon: Medtech, Narf of Picklestink. 
Iron Scale: Vaultman30, NordwarUA, Medtech, Narf of Picklestink. 
Mercenary Scale: Vaultman30, NordwarUA, Medtech, Narf of Picklestink. 
Buccelarii Steel, Dwemer, and Penitus Scale: Vaultman30, NordwarUA, Medtech, Narf of Picklestink. 
Oval Shield: Jedo_Dre and team. 
Curved Oval Shield: cartonofjuice, M&B Warband OSP Community (467AD), sirwho. 
Muscle Cuirass: Vaultman30, Medtech, Narf of Picklestink. 
Berkasovo/Burgh Castle Ridge Helmets: NordwarUA, DanielUA, Jedo_Dre and team, brytenwalda.
Intercisa Helmets: cartonofjuice, M&B Warband OSP Community (467AD), Jedo_Dre and team, brytenwalda.
Spangenhelm (Dier el-Medina): cartonofjuice, M&B Warband OSP Community (467AD), brytenwalda. 
Spangenhelm (Baldenheim): Vaultman30, Jedo_Dre and team.
Pannonian Cap: cartonofjuice, M&B Warband OSP Community (467AD). 
Phalera: Jedo_Dre and team. 
Parma: Jedo_Dre and team, Jedo_Dre and team. 
Niederbieber Helmet: Jedo_Dre and team and SmartCGArt. 
Belt: NordwarUA. 
Emperor Robes (QE Only): Vaultman30, sirwho, Medtech, Narf of Picklestink, Jedo_Dre and team. 
Executioner's Outfit (QE Only): Vaultman30, Medtech, Narf of Picklestink. 
Hasta/Spear: cartonofjuice, M&B Warband OSP Community (467AD). 
Spatha/Javelin: Jedo_Dre and team. 
Textures: Vaultman30, Jedo_Dre and team, cartonofjuice, M&B Warband OSP Community (467AD), NordwarUA, gechbal, Medtech, Narf of Picklestink, sirwho, Mayponce, brytenwalda.
Riveted Chainmail Texture (Version 1.2 and later): Phenakist3D
Playtesters: kiberme, Belisauron, eatfist, Unbaked Raptor, and DragonStar99.
Historical Advidsors: Ross, Matt, and Evan.
If I've forgotten anyone please refresh my memory.