03-08-2006, 01:30 PM
The Ontario piece certainly resembles the one from the Higgins Armory collection. The trouble is that we have very few examples of genuine gladiator helms. The Higgins piece was purchased in the 1930s from a dealer and (according to the museum) is thought to have come from either Orvieto or Tuscania. I know of one other complete helmet in the British Museum. I suspect that there are more on display (or, more likely, in store) in the museum in Naples!
visne scire quod credam? credo orbes volantes exstare.
