02-06-2009, 01:04 PM
Hi!
Actually I tried to avoid that discussion. ^^
If you look at the dated findings from graves the date I provided in the other thread seems to give us a rough terminus post quem non. For the later pieces from Autun or the 3rd c. AD "Gesichtshelme", (see picture below) which show some of the characteristcs of the Apulo-Corinthian helmets this is not the case, of course. The "gap" between the actual Apulo-Corinthians and the Autun helmet has no examples whatsoever from archaeological context.
Apulo-Cornithian helmets are later on represented in art of course, (e.g. Domitius-Ara) but that doesn´t tell us whether the helmet was actually worn at that time. We also have depictions of corinthian helmets in 19th century art, but everybody will agree that it was no longer in use at that time... ^^
![[Image: gesichtshelm.jpg]](http://www.archaeologisches-museum.frankfurt.de/dauerausstellung/bilder/gesichtshelm.jpg)
Actually I tried to avoid that discussion. ^^
If you look at the dated findings from graves the date I provided in the other thread seems to give us a rough terminus post quem non. For the later pieces from Autun or the 3rd c. AD "Gesichtshelme", (see picture below) which show some of the characteristcs of the Apulo-Corinthian helmets this is not the case, of course. The "gap" between the actual Apulo-Corinthians and the Autun helmet has no examples whatsoever from archaeological context.
Apulo-Cornithian helmets are later on represented in art of course, (e.g. Domitius-Ara) but that doesn´t tell us whether the helmet was actually worn at that time. We also have depictions of corinthian helmets in 19th century art, but everybody will agree that it was no longer in use at that time... ^^
Christian K.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
