08-17-2011, 06:20 AM
"With most Montefortino type helmets the crest which was a horses tail would have been very easy to install."
Something of a factoid there I think. Certainly most Montefortino helmets had a hole for the insertion of a pin and the six helmets shown on the Domitius Ahenobarbus relief all have flowing crests attached which are assumed to be horsehair, but to jump from there to saying that all Montefortinos had horsehair crests is going a bit too far I think. I also think it is highly unlikely that all Caesar's soldiers would have been wearing Montefortinos. The Domitius Ahenobarbus relief seems to show a variety of helmet types and I think Caesar's soldiers would have been wearing a mixture of Montefortino 'C' and 'D', Coolus 'B', Port, Agen and Attic (one of his legions had previously served in Asia Minor with Pompey and will have picked up locally produced kit whilst there) helmets.
Crispvs
Something of a factoid there I think. Certainly most Montefortino helmets had a hole for the insertion of a pin and the six helmets shown on the Domitius Ahenobarbus relief all have flowing crests attached which are assumed to be horsehair, but to jump from there to saying that all Montefortinos had horsehair crests is going a bit too far I think. I also think it is highly unlikely that all Caesar's soldiers would have been wearing Montefortinos. The Domitius Ahenobarbus relief seems to show a variety of helmet types and I think Caesar's soldiers would have been wearing a mixture of Montefortino 'C' and 'D', Coolus 'B', Port, Agen and Attic (one of his legions had previously served in Asia Minor with Pompey and will have picked up locally produced kit whilst there) helmets.
Crispvs
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