09-15-2013, 11:06 PM
Hi Martin
I understand about the implied antiquity of the non-metallic descriptions, but even if you take 1200 BCE or so as a date for the Trojan War, it seems like metal helmets would have been pretty common, as we're looking at the end of traditional chariot warfare. Scale armour helmets were more difficult to produce and reserved for elite charioteers, while others wore sheet helmets or leather helmets, during Late Bronze Age.
I understand about the implied antiquity of the non-metallic descriptions, but even if you take 1200 BCE or so as a date for the Trojan War, it seems like metal helmets would have been pretty common, as we're looking at the end of traditional chariot warfare. Scale armour helmets were more difficult to produce and reserved for elite charioteers, while others wore sheet helmets or leather helmets, during Late Bronze Age.
Qui sepeliunt capita sua in terra, deos volantes non videbunt.
--Flavius Flav
