And the prize for the least accurate Roman helmet ever made

[Caballo]

Goes to.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Excellent-quality ... dZViewItem

I was particularly impressed by the jaw defences.... :roll:

[Mithras]

It looks like an Imperial-Gallico-Scythio-Auxiliary Type Z to me.

Not many people know that ...

They weren't originally made out of latex, though. The Romans made them out of aluminium.

[John M McDermott]

Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh!

[Caius Fabius]

This is an obvious copy of the Roman helmet on Page 897 in Robbinson's
"The Secret History of Roman Armor" . There are only four copies in existence. two of which are known to be in the Vatican's secret library, and the third copy is rumored to be in the "Hidden Library of the Knights Templar", which is hidden in the basement of a castle, in Runcorn, near Merseyside, UK.

This secret work is actually said to have hand coloured photos taken during the first 500 years of the Roman Empire. Some noted scholars have cast doubt upon the veracity of the classifications, since the original work was published in Gaelic, with margin notes in Greek and Latin cursive. The endless debate about the pronunciation of the letters "C" and "V" makes it difficult to truly know how the Romans pronounced the name of the various helmets. This work also definitely solves the questions about the Tunic Colour Debate in appendix ""C".

A fourth copy of this book was seen on the beta test of Ebay, but was withdrawn when the bidding frenzy overwhelmed the site.

:lol:

[Mithras]

Caius, that all sounds too plausible, you know!

[Antonius Lucretius]

Actually, a secret reference to this type of helmet is made is the Da Vinci Code, on pp 9856 --It's a big book, so I've heard-- when one of the protagonists, a Mr William T. da Vinci says: " Nice weather aint'it?"
Of course one has to read between the lines..
Naturally, Nostradamus, who knew everything that was bound to happen, refers to the helmet in his 789th chapter --a lotta chapters there-- when he writes: "And then shall come from the north a king wearing a ridiculous piece of rubber on his head".
I rest my case. Very mysterious indeed. 8)

[aitor iriarte]

Guys,
I shouldn't have opened that link, I knew what could be expected to be seen there but I was barely prepared for it... hock: hock:

Aitor

[Chariovalda]

Well, I can only say: Michael Simkins, Holger Ratsdorf, Toni Feldon:
YOUR MASTER HAS ARRIVED... :lol:

Is it my imagination, or is that guy wearing a (theatrical or LARP) monk's habit beneath that helmet? :roll:

I just had an awful vision of this combination becoming all the rage in young men's wear all over the world...entire streets, discos, classrooms filled with young men and boys wearing monks' habits and helmets like these...

Silly Romanesque Kitsch as the New Cool... hock:

The horror...the horror of it all...

[Robert Vermaat]

I just had an awful vision of this combination becoming all the rage in young men's wear all over the world...entire streets, discos, classrooms filled with young men and boys wearing monks' habits and helmets like these...

:twisted: Don't stay up so late...

[A_Volpe]

..........PFFFBPWABWAHAAAAHAHAAAHA!
:lol: :lol: :o roll: hock:

*cough cough*

Ok...okokok...one more look......
....HAHAHAHAAH! HEHEHE!

it hurts and stings!