If I may be difficult, although it is certainly an interesting academic question, I am interested why you might choose to depict a tribune or legate thus. The Attic helmet, whether Grecian, Italic or Roman pseudo-Attic is such a beautiful thing and its very archaism, at least to me, suggests the mental atmosphere, if that is not pretentious, of the Principate -- the tenacious adherence to the forms of the Republic, of the past, even when, alas, republican government and republican ideals were dead.
The very presence of the Attic helmet would allow you to explain the transfer of Greek influences to Italy and to the Italic tribes (surprisingly few people have ever heard of Magna Graecia). It seems a very good reason to tell people about Evander, Carmenta, Aeneas and the Trojan War. Also, the full panoply of a legate or tribune -- PALVDAMENTVM, beaten-metal cuirass, pteruges -- is made the more striking by the addition of the Attic form, whether elegantly simple or richly ornate, and as it is well attested, it seems a little perplexing not to use it.
The reason that came to my mind is a very common one, and one I suffer from as much as any -- funding (though not nearly as expensive as a legionary, a Roman in ''civvy street'' still needs some investment!) . I am myself stony-broke, and it is easier to exhort others to spending money than finding it for oneself, but I am sure I have seen people on this forum lending helmets and other items to individuals if you have a particular event in mind.
I have not made the slightest contribution to answering your question, and I am not in fact competent to! Nevertheless, I do hope you will forgive me. There are many learned military scholars here who will be able to help.
The very presence of the Attic helmet would allow you to explain the transfer of Greek influences to Italy and to the Italic tribes (surprisingly few people have ever heard of Magna Graecia). It seems a very good reason to tell people about Evander, Carmenta, Aeneas and the Trojan War. Also, the full panoply of a legate or tribune -- PALVDAMENTVM, beaten-metal cuirass, pteruges -- is made the more striking by the addition of the Attic form, whether elegantly simple or richly ornate, and as it is well attested, it seems a little perplexing not to use it.
The reason that came to my mind is a very common one, and one I suffer from as much as any -- funding (though not nearly as expensive as a legionary, a Roman in ''civvy street'' still needs some investment!) . I am myself stony-broke, and it is easier to exhort others to spending money than finding it for oneself, but I am sure I have seen people on this forum lending helmets and other items to individuals if you have a particular event in mind.
I have not made the slightest contribution to answering your question, and I am not in fact competent to! Nevertheless, I do hope you will forgive me. There are many learned military scholars here who will be able to help.
Patrick J. Gray
'' Now. Close your eyes. It's but a short step to the boat, a short pull across the river.''
''And then?''
''And then, I promise you, you'll dream a different story altogether''
From ''I, Claudius'', by J. Pulman after R. Graves.
'' Now. Close your eyes. It's but a short step to the boat, a short pull across the river.''
''And then?''
''And then, I promise you, you'll dream a different story altogether''
From ''I, Claudius'', by J. Pulman after R. Graves.
