01-08-2020, 01:49 PM
(01-06-2020, 10:22 PM)Dan Howard Wrote: They wore what is in the archaeological record, not what is in the iconographical record.
Might it not be possible that they wore both? After all, the archaeological record probably comprises something less than 1% of what was around at the time.
There does seem to be (or have been) at least one example of these 'Attic-Boetian' helmets, supposedly from the Gutmann collection, 3rd-2nd BC, but I can't find anything more about it (and I'm not entirely sure it's genuine either!):
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/f9/d7/bd/f9d7b...f0ca5e.jpg
But since, as Ivor says above, there's a Gallic helmet from the 1st BC that appears to be derived from this type, or the similar 'Boetian-Pilos' design, we surely can't rule out that similar helmet types were in use in the east as well at this time:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3b/f5/24/...0e251f.jpg
Nathan Ross
