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Recontruction of Belt from Herculaneum and Pompeii in 79 AD.
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I am not so much into the whole "craftsman" thing. We're talking apples and oranges. Here is pix of Helm, courtesy of Roman Hideout (he let me use it on RomanoBritain.org) anyway, here it is:

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[Image: gallic_g_top.jpg]
[Image: gallic_g.jpg]

That is NOT from being buried, it's from being MADE crooked as hell. And it is tough to make stuff like that. People's ascetics will not allow them to have/wear/build stuff that is not nice.
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Re: Recontruction of Belt from Herculaneum and Pompeii in 79 AD. - by DECIMvS MERCATIvS VARIANvS - 05-29-2012, 10:06 PM

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