05-14-2015, 07:30 AM
Peter Connolly describes it as a later Boeotian-type helmet, with a reduced brim and conical skull. The so-called Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus shows a Roman cavalryman wearing something vaguely similar, at least in having a more pointed skull than the classic form.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeotian_h..._n3bis.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeotian_h..._n3bis.jpg
Martin
Fac me cocleario vomere!
Fac me cocleario vomere!