04-03-2014, 04:35 PM
Tribuni, Consules and other high ranking republican officers could wear Roman Attic helmets, and other Hellenistic styles such as Thracian helmets. The third picture is a Thracian style hellenistic helmet, 1st, 2nd and 4th being Attic types.
The last picture is my own drawing, and it probably needs some explanation.
It is a page from my upcoming "thesis" in a University of Applied Sciences. I'm making a role-playing game about ancient Rome, more precisely at the end of the Republic, from the battle of Carrhae 53 BCE onwards. I'm making a book out of it, which contains the game rules and the story which the game master tells to the players and which they act upon with their characters. It aims to realism and authenticity, and I especially like detail in illustration, which I will of course provide myself as part of the thesis in my graphic design studies.
This page of the book contains the helmets available for players playing Roman characters, from the common soldier helmets all the way to the consul's helm. I consider the bottom row of helmets suitable for high ranking republican Roman officers, the helmets being from left to right: Pseudo-Corinthian (with a different crest for an officer) , Apulo-Corinthian (Etrusco-Corinthian in my Finnish original), and (Roman) Attic(an) helmet (for consul).
While making this illustration, I were not aware that none of the found Apulo-Corinthians were lacking cheek-guards, and proper attachments for them. Now it seems that they didn't have cheek-guards at all, at least they're not supported by archaeological finds (I'm not sure about reliefs though).
Of course the Port, Agen and Coolus helmets are too new for your Punic Wars timeframe anyway.
The last picture is my own drawing, and it probably needs some explanation.
It is a page from my upcoming "thesis" in a University of Applied Sciences. I'm making a role-playing game about ancient Rome, more precisely at the end of the Republic, from the battle of Carrhae 53 BCE onwards. I'm making a book out of it, which contains the game rules and the story which the game master tells to the players and which they act upon with their characters. It aims to realism and authenticity, and I especially like detail in illustration, which I will of course provide myself as part of the thesis in my graphic design studies.
This page of the book contains the helmets available for players playing Roman characters, from the common soldier helmets all the way to the consul's helm. I consider the bottom row of helmets suitable for high ranking republican Roman officers, the helmets being from left to right: Pseudo-Corinthian (with a different crest for an officer) , Apulo-Corinthian (Etrusco-Corinthian in my Finnish original), and (Roman) Attic(an) helmet (for consul).
While making this illustration, I were not aware that none of the found Apulo-Corinthians were lacking cheek-guards, and proper attachments for them. Now it seems that they didn't have cheek-guards at all, at least they're not supported by archaeological finds (I'm not sure about reliefs though).
Of course the Port, Agen and Coolus helmets are too new for your Punic Wars timeframe anyway.
Antonius Insulae (Sakari)
