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Books on Gladiators
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Junkelmann describes the development of the different galdiatorial helmets in great detail.
It seems that the helmets of the Murmillo, Thraex and Hoplomachus as well as the Eques developed from the Boetian tradition, while the helmets of the Provocator and Essedarius developed from the Gallic/Itallic tradition.

This is why the early Provocators and Essedarii are wearing Gallic A and Colus type helmets while the other Gladiators are already wearing elaborat gladiatorial helmets.
Still all early helmets are open faced and only have cheekguards.
The cheekguards are then broadend through time untill they cover the whole face.
Looking at the Provocator you can clearly see the ancentry of the millitary Gallic A helmet.

The helmet in the picture from osprey looks like a helmet of type Berlin as Junkelmann calls it.
These helmets were an even later development, bringing the broad rim of the early Murmillo and Thraex helmets down to the schoulders and having a distinct rim around the split grates of the visor, focusing the view to the front.
The only surviving example of such a helmet is the Murmillo in the Pergamon Museum Berlin, though several visor grates have been found elsewere.
[url:1h3ih70v]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/2005-12-28_Berlin_Pergamon_museum_Gladiator_helmet.jpg[/url]
The drawings you provide look like a mixture of different styles from finds and iconography.
The pierced visor seems to be late development, and the winged serpent seems to be reminiscent of the Griffinhead that marks a helmet as a Thraex.
Olaf Küppers - Histotainment, Event und Promotion - Germany
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