08-30-2009, 02:19 PM
Hello All,
i´m new here reading through the boards since some days, my main interest is the late republican/early empire roman army. I have a question about the helmet crests of this time and hope i have not miss a possible answer in all the many messages i read, if so i beg your pardon.
Matt Amt wrote in a post some months ago i just read that the Augustan curved-side scutum would be fine from say 40 BC to middle 1st century AD, and that the imperial gallic helmet appears in numbers around the middle of the 1st century AD. When i remember right there was also written somewhere that a Montefortino Helmet would not be out of place at that time. Now i have a question about the helmet crests. The Montefortino Helmet has the "Caesarian"-style crest, "falling" horse hair. the Coolus could have this, or a boxed crest (please correct me if i am wrong). What´s about the imperial gallic helmet? A boxed crest is ok, but could it have an old style crest like the Montefortino? Were the crests still worn in battle in the middle of the 1st century ad, thinking here especially of the Corbulo Campaign in Armenia in 58 to 62 AD? If yes, were they boxed or falling horse hair?
Thanks in advance
Herbert
i´m new here reading through the boards since some days, my main interest is the late republican/early empire roman army. I have a question about the helmet crests of this time and hope i have not miss a possible answer in all the many messages i read, if so i beg your pardon.
Matt Amt wrote in a post some months ago i just read that the Augustan curved-side scutum would be fine from say 40 BC to middle 1st century AD, and that the imperial gallic helmet appears in numbers around the middle of the 1st century AD. When i remember right there was also written somewhere that a Montefortino Helmet would not be out of place at that time. Now i have a question about the helmet crests. The Montefortino Helmet has the "Caesarian"-style crest, "falling" horse hair. the Coolus could have this, or a boxed crest (please correct me if i am wrong). What´s about the imperial gallic helmet? A boxed crest is ok, but could it have an old style crest like the Montefortino? Were the crests still worn in battle in the middle of the 1st century ad, thinking here especially of the Corbulo Campaign in Armenia in 58 to 62 AD? If yes, were they boxed or falling horse hair?
Thanks in advance
Herbert
regards
Herbert
Herbert
