09-28-2002, 09:49 AM
Look Pa!! No cheek guards!!<br>
<img src="http://lucretius.homestead.com/files/Mannheim.jpg"><br>
This beautiful Coolus-Mannheim type (heavy series/cast bronze) was found in the Saône river, upstream from Lyon.<br>
The hole in the middle of the double ring held a decorative rosette.<br>
According to M. Feugère, <i> "The multiplication of units during Caesar's wars (the number of legions went from 4 in 59 bc to 12 in 52!) explains without a doubt the repartition of these helmets in Gaul: U Schaaf and G. Waurick were able to follow the tracks of Casar's campaigns through the finds in France, Belgium and western Germany (Rhenany)"</i><br>
The photograph is from the Römisch-Germanische Zentralmuseum at Mainz. I don't know where the helmet is.<br>
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<img src="http://lucretius.homestead.com/files/Mannheim.jpg"><br>
This beautiful Coolus-Mannheim type (heavy series/cast bronze) was found in the Saône river, upstream from Lyon.<br>
The hole in the middle of the double ring held a decorative rosette.<br>
According to M. Feugère, <i> "The multiplication of units during Caesar's wars (the number of legions went from 4 in 59 bc to 12 in 52!) explains without a doubt the repartition of these helmets in Gaul: U Schaaf and G. Waurick were able to follow the tracks of Casar's campaigns through the finds in France, Belgium and western Germany (Rhenany)"</i><br>
The photograph is from the Römisch-Germanische Zentralmuseum at Mainz. I don't know where the helmet is.<br>
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