12-08-2007, 08:55 PM
OOps! Sorry, fellows!....thanks Jim! Try again.....
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic. ... c&start=20
..you'll need to scroll down...
And I'll put the commentary here for convenience...
"It is a fresco from the Hellenistic tomb of Lyson and Kallikles, c. 200B.C. - in Roman terms, the end of the War with Hannibal - the bronze helmet at left is clearly painted red and black ( but the comb, rim, cheekpieces and trim have been left bronze), the helmet at right appears to be iron ( cheekpieces and brow, painted yellow with red and black hoops). Two other painted helmets, similar to the left one are shown head-on on another wall with panoplies..."
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic. ... c&start=20
..you'll need to scroll down...
And I'll put the commentary here for convenience...
"It is a fresco from the Hellenistic tomb of Lyson and Kallikles, c. 200B.C. - in Roman terms, the end of the War with Hannibal - the bronze helmet at left is clearly painted red and black ( but the comb, rim, cheekpieces and trim have been left bronze), the helmet at right appears to be iron ( cheekpieces and brow, painted yellow with red and black hoops). Two other painted helmets, similar to the left one are shown head-on on another wall with panoplies..."
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
