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Gallic H won\'t fit proper

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Gallic H won\'t fit proper
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02-06-2015, 01:00 PM
Three days and no response from anyone to my question. I assume that the answer is 'No'.
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#17
02-06-2015, 01:07 PM
There isn't as far as I know, it makes perfect sense in spangenhelmets though.

Dura Europos yielded the only known helmet liner, I think this is it:

[Image: DuraArmingCapWorn.jpg]

It seems the Romans wore phrygian and pannonian caps as helmet liners.
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#18
02-06-2015, 04:04 PM
We have the Dura arming cap and the cento worn under his helmet by Ammianus' companion after his escape from Amida (Amm. 19.8.8) and we may perhaps infer (but without direct evidence, I think) that a Roman soldier might simply put his helmet on over a Phrygian or Pannonian cap but an adjustable helmet liner, in my opinion, requires direct evidence.
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