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I have no clue, some religious debate.
The Thread title is my fault actually, being the one that moved it. I fixed it so all new posts will have the correct spelling.
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Ah - isn't mutual love a wonderful thing? But now, back to the matter at hand please gentlemen, which I recall being about helmets. :wink:
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Do you mean the Attic helmets clearly depicted in the mosaic?
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No those are Intercisa type helmets :twisted: !
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Again, it's a classicization of a piece of modern military gear. They probably saw Intercisa helmets, and with "inspiration" (be that Cheech and Chong's kind or from a statue in Rome) put browguards on it and exaggerated the edging (IMO, some may have had brass edging like on earlier helmets, and by exaggerating that, it would account for the flair they give to make it look more like a kettle hat).
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The wearer of the peacock crested helmet in the mosaic is a king, Priam or Agamemnon?, this would accord with the later Byzantine use of the toupha. This was a helmet-crown with a peacock feather crest worn by emperors as triumphant generals. It is shown on a 10th century textile, being presented to a victorious Byzantine emperor (possibly John I Tzimiskes).
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Ooh! Is that a Semispatha?
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I cannot confirm it.And from what I know we don't even know for sure what semispatha exactly was.
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If I am correct a few have been found. I have some pictures in Mik's. Replik makes one (well, one of the three "Replik" websites.)
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But can we be sure those are what Romans called semispatha?