07-09-2008, 10:17 PM
The Italic D like the Gallic H (Augsburg) could well have undergone many changes in its life. The 'H' it has recently been posted here on RAT by Caius Tarquitius that it too had a decorative brass sheet cross banding like the italic D later in its life.
Certainly its bowl shaping does of the Mainz IID suggest ,as Crispvs points out, mid first century.
The 'centurion's' Gallic F from Sisak also underwent at least for changes of appearence during its life.
Maybe, but we know that helmets saw a great deal of service, for example the Montefortino type dated to the 70's AD, and the cross-braced Theilenhofen helmet dated to the 180's which was found at an auxiliary fort, so no, not impossible.
There ARE auxiliary soldiers depicted on the Tropeum Traiani, but they show no distinction between helmets worn by the legionary soldiers (which is what I would expect). Too many auxiliary soldier impressions rely on Robinson's out-dated helmet classifications.
Certainly its bowl shaping does of the Mainz IID suggest ,as Crispvs points out, mid first century.
The 'centurion's' Gallic F from Sisak also underwent at least for changes of appearence during its life.
Quote:linking the coolus helmet with those two rather vague examples on the column is a bit of a stretch...not impossible, but stretching it.
Maybe, but we know that helmets saw a great deal of service, for example the Montefortino type dated to the 70's AD, and the cross-braced Theilenhofen helmet dated to the 180's which was found at an auxiliary fort, so no, not impossible.
There ARE auxiliary soldiers depicted on the Tropeum Traiani, but they show no distinction between helmets worn by the legionary soldiers (which is what I would expect). Too many auxiliary soldier impressions rely on Robinson's out-dated helmet classifications.
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