"On the Phrygian Helmet" Topic

"The Phrygian helmet had already become the "ethnic" helmet of the Macedonian armies around the end of the reign of Phillip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, and it had also been adopted by the Southern Greek states (from Thessaly and Epirus to the Peloponnesus), most of the Thracian tribes and even by the Etruscan city-states. In the Southern Greek states the Phrygian casque supplanted the pilos-type helmet which was the most common till then. The pilos-type casque had supplanted the earlier Corinthian helmet around the end of the 5th century BC…"

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Armand

I don't care for it, it makes those fearsome pikeman look like Smurfs.

I've always been fond of the looks of the Boeotian and Corinthian styles, myself.

Doug

Allen Curtis loathed the smurf hat on Carthaginians.

It makes a great handle to grab by the enemy in battle…

There's so many great styles of helmets during this period!!!

Beautiful, that patina is almost surreal too. It is a work of art now.

Glad you like it my friend!. (smile)

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Armand

I'm a Corinthian helmet fanatic! I forbid my hoplites to wear anything else under pain of ridicule.

Glad you like it too my friend!. (smile)

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Armand