RomanArmyTalk

I don't know how to call better those, even given the fact I've handled some of them :oops: :roll:

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Found in Roman barracks dated 15b.C-15a.C in the Cantabric wars context.

I don't know if it is the name of the whole piece or also of the eye-parts, but those things are called a chamfron.

but these are some nice and simple examples. Thanks for posting.

Quote:I don't know if it is the name of the whole piece or also of the eye-parts, but those things are called a chamfron.

but these are some nice and simple examples. Thanks for posting.

Yeah, IIRC chamfron refers to the helm or headpiece as a whole.

I recall reading somewhere that the medieval eyeslits were called ocularia. Perhaps the romans used that word?

Nice photographs...thank you for posting them.

The attachment on the sides are interesting too...and they are not a pair, are they? The fretwork - for want of a better work - on the eye pieces is different on each one.

Don't suppose you have any measurements/dimensions by any chance please?

Maybe the two center sections are different so the right and left are easily distinguishable. It's apparent that they are removable.

Certainly a possibility, particulalrly if it was attached to something like the Vindolanda chamfron:

http://vindolanda.csad.ox.ac.uk/exhibit ... fron.shtml

This is from the amazing leather work collection preserved in the very specific soil conditions on the site.