01-15-2007, 10:08 AM
my to cents worth would be that it is definetely Carthaginian.
why? well the Carthaginians were sea-farers, and would have come across much more types of military equipment through their trade travels.
The helmet has no characteristics of any Republican Roman helmet i have seen so far from either the mainland of Italy or even the finds in Gaul, and hispania ulterior, namely almost all based or looking like Montefortino and Coolus types..
This helmet is so very different that it cannot be something else than Carthaginian...
A Tribune helmet of the era? difficult to say, since no other examples from Italy exist.... and most Italic-attic / attic-greco helmets look totally different.
Also I think that a Ronman Tribune helmet would have been more decorated with images of gods, animals, etcetera...
M.VIB.M.
why? well the Carthaginians were sea-farers, and would have come across much more types of military equipment through their trade travels.
The helmet has no characteristics of any Republican Roman helmet i have seen so far from either the mainland of Italy or even the finds in Gaul, and hispania ulterior, namely almost all based or looking like Montefortino and Coolus types..
This helmet is so very different that it cannot be something else than Carthaginian...
A Tribune helmet of the era? difficult to say, since no other examples from Italy exist.... and most Italic-attic / attic-greco helmets look totally different.
Also I think that a Ronman Tribune helmet would have been more decorated with images of gods, animals, etcetera...
M.VIB.M.
Bushido wa watashi no shuukyou de gozaru.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
