12-22-2008, 01:22 PM
Quote:the H.R.Robinson classification is outdated and should no longer be used by scholars,
This is my opinion , too, although the Robinson classification is nevertheless a useful tool to talk about helmets .
But , if you allow me to generalize, I think is evermore a mistake to identify a close classification for roman weapons.
We never find two helmets identic each other , as is quite impossible to find two gladii or two pugiones selfsame.
In ancient time there were not the modern industries , as of course we all know.
Is only possible , and more right, to talk about "first period" , for example, as well as "medium period" , but not more.
Saying "that's a gladius hispaniensis " or "a mainz" , is , as my opinion, always a mistake. I think we would have to say "that's a republican or first imperial gladius".
Marco
Civis Romanus Optime Iure Sum
Civis Romanus Optime Iure Sum