02-12-2014, 02:19 PM
Quote:By the way I somehow never realized it before but some soldier's helmet on Santa Maria Maggiore mosaics seems to have typical "eye" motif of ridge helmets:
Thanks Pavel for this mosaic! In my opinion this might solve the mystery of the "carolingian / conquistador"- looking late roman helmets in some depictions. They have perhaps been just stylized Intercisa-style helmets (with an over-emphasized and stylized ridges connecting the helmet bowl halves)!