Painted legionary helmets?

[Magnus]

I used PhD as an example Caius, as opposed to anyone who's an armchair historian throwing their two wooden nickels out into the mix for the sake of doing so (like I often do ). In theory the PhD would of course have relevance to what is being discussed. I wouldn't go so far as to start naming off fields of study that has little to do with the topic at hand. But thanks for pointing out the "what if's" and "sometimes"...I don't know what I'd do with out you.

What I'm getting at is that to make such a statement without having some kind of extensive backround in that particular area of Roman history, doesn't have as much credibility. Not dinging Tarbi personally, but it makes a difference if one has the credentials. And using one helmet's jewels where the eyes haven't been definatively classified as "eyes" or just jems is a bit speculative, even if it's a fun theory.