09-23-2007, 10:39 PM
Quote:It's a good idea.Though I don't know how practical it would be,unless we present only one or two typical examples of each helmet.
I have many photos of helmets mostly I found searching the net for years,and few I took myself.
.....there you go !! Would it not be a wonderful thing if the fruits of years of work could be shared ? That way, others would not have to "re-invent the wheel", and the work of you and others could be a strong foundation on which to build a Greek Hopla database - would we include Hellenistic, and greek enemies such as the Persians ? I think we should !
...and no I would not want to see a mere one or two of each type - that has already been done by Snodgrass, Connolly and others. Instead, I would like to see as many as we could get, in all their wonderful variety ( since no two are identical ). Maybe something like Dan Diffendale's Italic helmet database...... D o
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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