08-25-2007, 03:52 PM
Quote:And what about the helmet? The fact is, this kind of attic-style showed off by the praetorians statues for example, we have no evidence of it more than the artistic depictions...Do you think that Hellenistic-like helmets like the Italo-Corinthian or the Samnite-type attic were still around for higher rank officers in Augustus times?
The 1st century Autun helmet (you can do a search to find relevant threads with pictures) is a form of a very elaborate Apulo-Corinthian helmet. As far as I know this is the only Apulo-Corinthian type helmet that is found in a 1st century context. Awsome helmet IMO but to a lot of people's modern tastes it looks dreadfull
Whatever gear you choose for this impression, you'll have to prepare to face a lot of critique :wink: . Better to do as much research as possible and don't rush any decisions.
I'm going for two kind of tribune impressions, a parade dress with classical hellenistic inspired equipment and a more mundane battlefield impressions.
Vale,
