Roman wall painting of musculata in color from first century

[Paullus Scipio]

For Caratacus:-

Here is an example of painted helmets in colour - here on the site! Go to;

http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/templates/ ... nipost.gif

It is a fresco from the Hellenistic tomb of Lyson and Kallikles, c. 200B.C. - in Roman terms, the end of the War with Hannibal - the bronze helmet at left is clearly painted red and black ( but the comb, rim, cheekpieces and trim have been left bronze), the helmet at right appears to be iron ( cheekpieces and brow, painted yellow with red and black hoops). Two other painted helmets, similar to the left one are shown head-on on another wall with panoplies...