07-09-2008, 05:54 PM
Do people really say that those helmets on Trajan's column are Coolus C helms? Or do we just happen to have a helmet which resembles what the artists have sculpted?
I read your article Ade, and I think your linking the coolus helmet with those two rather vague examples on the column is a bit of a stretch...not impossible, but stretching it. Have any Coolus helmets been found in an early 2nd century context? That would reinforce your theory quite well.
Pedro, I'd look more closely at Adamklissi for auxilliary gear (if there is any) before I'd use Trajan's Column. Though after having read Ade's article it seems there isn't any beyond archer gear.
The Itallic G is dated to about 140 AD or so. About 35 years too late for us. The crossbracing is far too smooth and refined as opposed to the rough type found on Dacian era Gallic helms. Oh, and in my opinion, the Itallic D is also too late. Stylistically it's closer to the Niedermormter's of the 3rd century than anything 1st century.
I read your article Ade, and I think your linking the coolus helmet with those two rather vague examples on the column is a bit of a stretch...not impossible, but stretching it. Have any Coolus helmets been found in an early 2nd century context? That would reinforce your theory quite well.
Pedro, I'd look more closely at Adamklissi for auxilliary gear (if there is any) before I'd use Trajan's Column. Though after having read Ade's article it seems there isn't any beyond archer gear.
The Itallic G is dated to about 140 AD or so. About 35 years too late for us. The crossbracing is far too smooth and refined as opposed to the rough type found on Dacian era Gallic helms. Oh, and in my opinion, the Itallic D is also too late. Stylistically it's closer to the Niedermormter's of the 3rd century than anything 1st century.
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Magnus/Matt
Du Courage Viens La Verité
Legion: TBD
