09-08-2007, 05:35 PM
Quote:Isn't the famous Sutton Hoo helmet of the spangenhelm design? Isn't that roughly contemporaneous with the period of interest?It's a ridge helmet.
It could be defended that it was in use during the Arthurian period, though the style of the Sutton Hoo helmet is later.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
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MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)