Republican era gladiators

[mboyce]

I am looking into trying to start a gladiator group here in Arkansas, and have been looking into the Republican era a lot. there doesn't seem to be many groups doing this era,,,if any. One of the things that I have been looking at are the open faced helmets of the time. Most just seem to be the military helmets of the time,,the gallic A, montefortino, coolus maybe greek attic style, or open faced thracians like deepeeka makes.
What are the thoughts of those more experienced?
Thanks
Also if anyone is in the Missouri, Arkansas, western Tennesse, Eastern Oklahoma region and is interested, look me up.
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