Roman Hoplite ?

[Matthew Amt]

You're welcome! I'd recommend getting Peter Connolly's book, Greece and Rome at War. It's an excellent basic book, and he does nice work and reconstructions from that era. Mind you, other authors disagree with some of his conclusions, so don't treat him as perfect.

There were lots of different helmets in use back then! Connolly shows a bunch, some of which you can also find here:

http://www.freewebtown.com/italica/

http://www.freewebtown.com/italica/ital ... lmets.html

A lot of these are later than 500 BC, but a few earlier ones are around.

Vale,

Matthew