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A galea was a Roman soldier's helmet. Some gladiators, myrmillos, also wore a bronze galea with a face mask and a decoration, often a fish on its crest. The exact form or design of the helmet varied significantly over time, between differing unit types, and also between individual examples - ancient military equipment was not produced in assembly lines, but made by hand, so it is not certain to what degree there was any standardization even under the Roman Empire.
Originally, roman helmets were influenced by the neighboring Etruscans, people who utilised the "Nasua" type helmets. The Greeks in the south also influenced Roman design in the early history of Rome. For instance, the ancestor of the Chalcidic helmet, the Attic helmet was widely used by officers until the end of the empire. Lastly, the Gauls were the peoples who most impacted the design of the Roman helmet hence th popular "Imperial Gallic" type helmets. In addition to this, it is commonly thought that the Gauls also introduced chainmail to the Romans.
The primary evidence is scattered archaeological finds, which are often damaged or incomplete. There are similarities of form and function between them.
Most of the helmets used by legionaries had a crest holder. The crests were usually made of plumes or horse hair.
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What you say is mostly true as stated, friend. Did you know that some of the archeologists who have made these finds are regular members here? They have some really interesting observations on those topics.
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Uh, is this another bit of "research" from Wikipedia? I'm not sure what we're supposed to do with it. It doesn't have TOO many blatant errors. I think they mean the Etruscans used the *Negau* type helmet (among many others). And "impact" is a noun, not a verb (which may come as a shock to many people).
At the risk of sounding mean, I'll repeat my recommendation that you stop quoting Wikipedia at us. The information is usually no good, and it will just make you look silly. Why not spend your hours surfing through the hundreds of pages of good information here on RAT? You'll learn better stuff, faster. You might like my humble Legio XX site, too:
http://www.larp.com/legioxx/
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"Uh, is this another bit of "research" from Wikipedia?"
Not so much research as cut and paste......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galea_(helmet ) :roll:
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Jonathan, please refrain from pasting text from elsewhere on the internet. If you have a question, fine.
If you have something to share, also fine.
But do not post stuff that is not from your hand, as if you wrote it, just to make yourself seem more interesting.
That's useless and unnecessary.
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Wow, If I can learn to cut and paste, I can be smart too!! So much for reading all those silly, dusty books!!
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Books are for dummies. :lol:
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Magnvs should I get rid of my books :lol: and why is this guy allowed to post this stuff :?: :?:
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Quote:Magnvs should I get rid of my books :lol: and why is this guy allowed to post this stuff :?: :?:
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I'll dump them for you :roll:
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Even better, take the *real* research and information and *replace* or edit the crap from the Wiki entry!
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Quote:Magnvs should I get rid of my books :lol: and why is this guy allowed to post this stuff :?: :?:
Regards Brennivs
I'm wondering too. I'm having strange flashbacks. I can't remember his name, but is this the same guy as the one who was copying and pasting pieces from the RTW site a while back?
He's getting quite anoying :roll:
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Brennius, you just go ahead and dump all those nasty books.....I'll send you the address of the dump, and I'll pay the postage.... :roll: :roll: :roll: :twisted: :lol:
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I didnt think my old books would be in such demand with books like;
Anglo Saxon Chronicle dated 1861 Vol 1-2 in written in old english
Annales Monasterii De Wintonia 1865 in Latin mentions Arthur
Caesar 1879 Gaivs one for you :lol:
Dictionary of Greek&Roman Antiquities 1899, 829 pages, pictures are WOW  hock:
The list can go on maybe this is why you want me to Dump my books :lol: :lol:
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Well ok, you can keep the first 2 titles..... but the next 2 should be dumped at the following dumps address...
Byro..... :twisted:
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