03-03-2010, 02:51 PM
Quote:"Sites from the Marcomannic wars such as Burgstall, Iza, Eining-Unterfeld or actually yield helmet of the Niederbieber type."At least it was used during this era. For example the Burgstall complex has very short horizon. It is dated to AD 172-180. So almost* all of the items found there have been lost here at this time. This of course indicates that these items were used at this time.
But does this suggest that they were standard issue during the era?
Greetings
Alexandr
* I wrote "almost" because there are some slight indications of possible Roman military presence near Burgstall before the time frame I mentioned. Nevertheless if this would be the case, it would date to the Augustan era. At this time Niederbieber helmets weren't used, so they certainly belong to the times of Marcomannic wars.
