05-16-2007, 11:12 AM
Quote:I've read scholarly opinion that the helmets, at least, are fanciful, based upon clasical models.I assumed the latest opinion was that these are helmet covers, with the metal sometimes just being seen underneath.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)