Clavi question

[caiusbeerquitius]

Any bits in particular, Graham?

Whooo-oooh! I´m NOT reponsible for those. Unless they are bronze, maybe.

In my opinion though it's not possible that there could've been cheekpieces added to them, even though we havent find those exact helmets (yet?). The relief on the altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus (circa 122 BCE) shows a tribunus with an Apulo-Corinthian helm. But it hadn't cheekpieces after all, even though I remembered it did!

No. That is not an Apulo-Corinthian. It has been discussed here already thoroughly. Of course you cannot rule out an Apulo-Corinthian with cheek-pieces. Just as gunpowder in Roman times. It might just show up one time. Or maybe a Steam Engine.

Pseudo-Corinthian (with a different crest for an officer) , Apulo-Corinthian (Etrusco-Corinthian in my Finnish original), and (Roman) Attic(an) helmet (for consul).

As you are reading Paddock now you probably are aware that you are mixing up the typology and terminology. ;-)

A shame, really...

Yes, isn´t it? As long as there is no forum rule that forces you to first use the search tool in combination with a strict moderation for this, the spiral will continue to go downwards, I assume. A "Check your facts before you post"-rule might also be helpful. Similarly the site´s projects simply died, like the helmet database etc. despite there being many volunteers to keep them going again. But, what the heck. That´s that.