Attic Helmet too good to be true?

[Tarbicus]

There are those who don't buy the "ornate = parade only" theory, including me.

If you're off to battle and could die what's the point of not wearing it, if it means going to the afterlife wearing boring and dull armour. Literally a case of you can take it with you, and you can't wear it anyway if you're dead so there's no point in leaving it at home. Psychologically on the battlefield there is also the argument that the better the armour then the more successful you've been, ergo, the more dangerous you are.