what kind of montefortino for cesarian\'s legion??

[munazio planco]

avete omnes


for you what kind of montefortino is more filologic for one legion of Cesar?

I am tinking about montefortino C that was find in Neuss..what you tink?

thank you

valete

[Peroni]

The C was the first truly 'Roman' Montefortino type. In service at the time of Caesar, but the D and E would be just as suitable.

Alternatively a Coolus A-C or a Port bei Nidau Type B perhaps.

Montefortino 'C'
The skulls are less bulbous and have a tendency towards being conical.
Crest knobs are small and plain, some still rounded, some conical and others conical with flattened top. The lower rim, though thickened is much reduced in size and the neck guard tends to be broader and flatter than in other types.

Montefortino 'D'
Crest knobs are separate castings, soldered to the bowls. A strong lip is worked in the lower rim and continues on the underside of the neck guard to a lesser degree.

Montefortino 'E' More fully developed than the Type D, having the broad flattened neck guards and reinforcing peaks of their Coolus type contemporaries. They retain a hollow crest knob that appears to be made in one with the bowl. The line of the neck where it rises from the centre of the crown does not always display the continuous flow of lines seen on earlier examples.

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Any good pictures of these types Peronis?

[Praefectusclassis]

RA.com helmet database? If you get a 404, just press refresh (F5). It's buggy for some reason that's beyond me, but the content is there.

[Crispvs]

Ahh - so that's what happened to the imagebase etc.

Thanks Jasper


Crispvs

[John M McDermott]

Don't forget the Coolus Bs and Gallic As that were out there, not to mention others.

[Gaius]

Do you think Gallic-A were in service in Caesar's times? If so, this type could be a good election for my early Augustean reconstruction...

valete

[munazio planco]

thank you to everybody.I think that I will use the montefortino C.


valete