12-29-2013, 09:35 AM
Salvete omnes
I’m looking for advice on helmets for a 3rd through 2nd century BC legionary. I’ve seen the Montefortino type in almost every picture of a republican reenactor I can remember and Romancoins.info insists that a Montefortino B is appropriate for anything after 300 BC. But I’m also interested in an this Attic helmet which I will admit is mostly because I think it looks cool, imperium ancient armory tells me that this is appropriate for the 4th through 2nd century BC and that the helmet is a historically accurate one (though I’m not really sure how credible they are as a source). Obviously all reenactment groups don’t keep the same standards but is there anything that would stand out as blatantly wrong in using this attic helmet either for a 2nd punic wars triarius or a Marian legionary?
I’m looking for advice on helmets for a 3rd through 2nd century BC legionary. I’ve seen the Montefortino type in almost every picture of a republican reenactor I can remember and Romancoins.info insists that a Montefortino B is appropriate for anything after 300 BC. But I’m also interested in an this Attic helmet which I will admit is mostly because I think it looks cool, imperium ancient armory tells me that this is appropriate for the 4th through 2nd century BC and that the helmet is a historically accurate one (though I’m not really sure how credible they are as a source). Obviously all reenactment groups don’t keep the same standards but is there anything that would stand out as blatantly wrong in using this attic helmet either for a 2nd punic wars triarius or a Marian legionary?
