10-23-2014, 04:54 PM
If anyone is contemplating going to Rome in future, it would be worth while going to have a look at a newly opened private museum in the Piazza Navona. The museum is called "Stadio di Domitziano" and features reproduction weapons and armour of the Roman Empire. The various items on display in well-lit cases were made by Silvano Mattesini.
The museum displays Roman military equipment as well as that of gladiators - much of which seems to have been based on the armour, helmets, etc found in the barracks at Pompeii and which is now housed in the National Museum in Naples. The photograph below shows the Newstead cavalry 'parade' helmet on display there.
Mike Thomas
(Caratacus)
[attachment=11020]Newsteadparadehelmetreproduction.jpg[/attachment]
The museum displays Roman military equipment as well as that of gladiators - much of which seems to have been based on the armour, helmets, etc found in the barracks at Pompeii and which is now housed in the National Museum in Naples. The photograph below shows the Newstead cavalry 'parade' helmet on display there.
Mike Thomas
(Caratacus)
[attachment=11020]Newsteadparadehelmetreproduction.jpg[/attachment]
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