Roman Helmet Goes Sci-Fi

[Alanus]

True.
Maybe it's hard to come up with new helmet styles. The riders of Rowan in the "Ring" series look half Goth and half Wendel. The elves wear Greek.

But there are exceptions. I've just watched "Immortals," and most of the helmets look like they came from outer space. Of course, the "Greek" swords are aluminum gladii, even the trousers are Roman, and they call themselves the "Hellenics." Amazing! Not one thing in this movie was historically accurate.

Personally, the more memorable helmets in my library reocurr in the original "Conan the Barbarian," as worn by Sven Thorensen and Ben Davidson (who autographed my copy). But to find the originals of these two helmets, you have to watch Eisenstein's "Alexander Nevsky."