Greek Sunhats

[spyros]

The Boeotian helmet is 'supposed' to have been developed from the sun hat but you could also argue that it is just a wide brimed flat pylos helmet

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It does look like a Pilos, doesn’t it? But the contours of the rim are identical to the shape of the Beoetian hat with the straps down as you can see in this reconstruction.



Basically the same shape of cold weather felt hats; the only difference is the height of the Pilos and the fact that the Beoetian had straps.

We had pretty much this discussion again in this thread:
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic. ... ning#81428

[Anonymous]

It seems that all three hats had their metal counterparts; the Petassos, the Boeotian and the Pilos. I believe the Petassos helmet is earlier than the Boeotian, and that these were both used by cavalry, whereas the Pilos seems to have been exclusively for infantry.

You could get a metal one, and use your helmet as your sunhat, but I suspect it would be less effective and why bother? The slave can carry the helmet while you wear the sunhat!

[spyros]

I can not comment on which came first, but for the rest I agree with you Paul.

[FAVENTIANVS]

It seems that all three hats had their metal counterparts; the Petassos, the Boeotian and the Pilos. I believe the Petassos helmet is earlier than the Boeotian, and that these were both used by cavalry, whereas the Pilos seems to have been exclusively for infantry.

You could get a metal one, and use your helmet as your sunhat, but I suspect it would be less effective and why bother? The slave can carry the helmet while you wear the sunhat!

And the Phrygian?

[Robert Vermaat]

Indeed!