Interested in Roman Riding?

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Vision certainly equals or is better as with some medieval helmets. I don't have any problem with this kind of helmets, as long as you get used to it. You've to think more in advance, etc.

It is also my opinion this is combat dress. Besides I don't believe in something like 'parade gear', these helmets were made very well, also in respect to 'battle-readyness'. The mask was made of iron folded 4 times, so had a 16 layered structure, making it really strong. 2 years ago there was done some shooting trials on a repro plate of the same content folded 4 times as well (shooting was done with replica Xanten 'manuballista') Very impressive that bolt did only make a scratch in the first layer, where a 2mm plate of modern copper got a big dent in it. Besides, I can't see these helmets being used without a mask, as well, but that's personal opinion.
Well, I'm using it as combat gear and I think it was used that way also back then.