04-22-2018, 05:23 AM
(02-16-2017, 06:30 AM)emilius Wrote: The Carthaginian helmet ("Boeotian"?, "Phrygian"?, "Thraco-Makedonian"?) before restoration.
That helmet may be the first example of Carthaginian armour yet found !
arrivederci,
Emilio
Actually, that is not the supposed Punic helmet........it is the one attached. A nasal guard can be seen on the left, and possible ear-cutout in the centre. Possibly it is of Phrygian type or similar with a drawn forward peak, or perhaps not ......
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
