On the other hand the attic helmet was somewhat popular in italy at least as motifs and more so during the roman era.
Pseudo attic helmet.
Terms such as illyrian and attic are used in archaeology for convenience to denote a particular type of helmet and do not imply its origin.
Roman pseudo attic helmet dating from circa 2nd century ad.
Even the early true attic helmets of the republic have the visor raised as one with the skull rather than the hollywod extra visor although an original one of these exists and can be seen in robinson.
There are lesser known roman helmets so bizarre you probably wouldn t believe them.
Attic type helmets abound during imperial times.
Since then several spectacular 1st century cavlary helmets have been found most of a pseudo attic style.
Roman pseudo attic helmet 2nd century ad.
It really just depends on what you call an attic helmet.
The bust of jupiter is represented on both plaques at the centre of the diadem frontally with long.
A part of this had to do with how romans and especially their praetorian guard was depicted with the stylized attic helmet variant with engravings and plumes.
Roman pseudo attic helmet 2nd century ad.
Roman pseudo attic helmet 2nd century ad as an artistic motif variations of the attic helmet long outlasted other contemporary helmet types being used to impart an archaic look to depictions of generals emperors and praetorians example throughout the hellenistic and roman periods.
At the time of robinson the only known koblenz bubenheim helmet known was a stripped iron skull with no decoration.
As an artistic motif variations of the attic helmet long outlasted other contemporary helmet types being used to impart an archaic look to depictions of generals emperors and praetorians throughout the hellenistic and roman periods.
As an artistic motif variations of the attic helmet long outlasted other contemporary helmet types being used to impart an archaic look to depictions of generals emperors and praetorians throughout the hellenistic and roman periods.
Two sheet silver embossed plaques for a pseudo attic helmet each with shaped edges embossed around the edges with a double pearled ornament with fixing holes.
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As an artistic motif variations of the attic helmet long outlasted other contemporary helmet types being used to impart an archaic look to depictions of generals emperors and praetorians throughout the hellenistic and roman periods as such a form of attic helmet has become part of the popular image of a roman officer as found in art from the.
Roman pseudo attic helmet 2nd century ad.