10-20-2009, 10:02 AM
Christian wrote:
.....but not 'Corinthians', which is the subject here.'Kegel',the short-lived 'Insular', and early 'Illyrian' helmets were two-piece, but even the very earliest 8 C BC 'Corinthian' types ( e.g. those from Argos museum) were one-piece, and one-piece rapidly took over - the'insular' and 'kegel' types disappeared, and the 'Illyrian' became one-piece, like the 'Corinthian', though it retained the two crest/comb ridges which had previously protected the seam/joint of the earlier two-piece type....
Quote:There are loads of 8th century BCE helmets which are multi-part constructions.
.....but not 'Corinthians', which is the subject here.'Kegel',the short-lived 'Insular', and early 'Illyrian' helmets were two-piece, but even the very earliest 8 C BC 'Corinthian' types ( e.g. those from Argos museum) were one-piece, and one-piece rapidly took over - the'insular' and 'kegel' types disappeared, and the 'Illyrian' became one-piece, like the 'Corinthian', though it retained the two crest/comb ridges which had previously protected the seam/joint of the earlier two-piece type....
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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