11-05-2007, 10:40 PM
Michael wrote:-
The differences came about through use of different annealing temperatures, the degree of cold-working, and the better ballistic shape, all of which combined to allow a thinner helmet to provide much the same degree of protection.
I think the idea of an iron Boeotian helmet comes from the 'silver' coloured one depicted on the Alexander mosaic...which is far more likely to be a 'tinned' or 'silvered' bronze one, though certainty is impossible.....
Quote:Was there a difference in the Bronze composition between the early and later Corinthian helmets ??...to the best of my information, not much ( allowing for individual variances)....the bronze was fairly consistently around 8% tin.
The differences came about through use of different annealing temperatures, the degree of cold-working, and the better ballistic shape, all of which combined to allow a thinner helmet to provide much the same degree of protection.
I think the idea of an iron Boeotian helmet comes from the 'silver' coloured one depicted on the Alexander mosaic...which is far more likely to be a 'tinned' or 'silvered' bronze one, though certainty is impossible.....
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