10-31-2008, 11:01 AM
Quote:Gaius Julius Caesar:3go68y7g Wrote:Why? Because most identifiable representations of these people are shown bear headed?
I wouldn't go into battle bear headed!
Hell, I wouldn't even go into battle without a scutum, especially if I was a centurion or above...hock: :o
Our 'leader' was well knackered at the Wickerman by a Caledonian witch
armed only with a wooden pole...poor bas*^£d!!
Legates don't engage in combat, they command from the back...that's what centurions are for.
Jim...I figure if high ranking roman officers had a preference for greek styled body armor, why not the helmet too?
I guess julius just waded in without a helmet then? I doubt there were never times when even a Legate engaged in combat, Magnus.....
And while what you say about the Helenistic syles is true, there also seems to be some room for debate on the the use of different
helmets for officers. Why not the Witcham Gravel for instance?
Or any of the vast league of highly decorated calvery helmets?
Some of which look to be a variation on this shape?
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
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[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
