07-10-2010, 07:23 AM
Yes, quite correct Ruben....I was really only concerned to show that the 'Thracian helmet', while it evolved over time, lasted from the second quarter of the 5 C BC into the 2 C BC, and was likely in use to the end of Macedon's independence ( the later 'Antigonid' Thracian helmet appears on coins of Perseus ), in answer to Giannis' question about its popularity with illustrators of the Phalanx.......
BTW, I emailed you on another topic a couple of days ago - did you receive it OK??
BTW, I emailed you on another topic a couple of days ago - did you receive it OK??
"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
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(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