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Helmet Identification
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01-06-2020, 10:22 PM
(01-06-2020, 02:39 PM)Adventurous Artisan Wrote:
(01-04-2020, 01:10 PM)Dan Howard Wrote: Wealthy people liked to show themselves in classical, heroic, stylised depictions. The coins aren't showing anything that was actually worn at the time. Many statues and grave stelae are the same.

So everyone is wearing Montefortinos then?

Levi

They wore what is in the archaeological record, not what is in the iconographical record.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books
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Helmet Identification - by Adventurous Artisan - 01-03-2020, 07:46 PM
RE: Helmet Identification - by Crispianus - 01-03-2020, 09:03 PM
RE: Helmet Identification - by Crispianus - 01-04-2020, 10:45 AM
RE: Helmet Identification - by Renatus - 01-10-2020, 10:55 PM
RE: Helmet Identification - by Dan Howard - 01-04-2020, 01:10 PM
RE: Helmet Identification - by Dan Howard - 01-06-2020, 10:22 PM
RE: Helmet Identification - by Nathan Ross - 01-08-2020, 01:49 PM
RE: Helmet Identification - by Crispianus - 01-08-2020, 08:16 PM

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