Roman Attic Helmet

The attic helmet was a type of helmet that originated in classical greece and was widely used in italy and the hellenistic world until well into the roman empire.

Roman attic helmet.

Attic helmet with plume 1 6 mm steel this complex replica follows the example of helmets worn at about 300 bc in ancient athens the flexible cheek guards are covered with leather at the inside. Make offer hand made vintage steel helmet roman gladiator legion style ooak. 18 gauge 1 2 mm polish. It was similar to the chalcidian helmet but lacked a nose guard.

A ceremonial attic helmet from southern italy ca. 300 bc the attic helmet was a type of helmet that originated in classical greece and was widely used in italy and the hellenistic world until well into the roman empire. Its name is a modern historiographic convention. A ceremonial attic helmet from southern italy ca.

The attic helmet was a type of helmet that originated in classical greece and was widely used in italy and the hellenistic world until well into the roman empire. The late attic helmet is an attested helmet which is purported to have developed independently from the imperial gallic italic and ridge helmets. Available in mild steel and brass. I can read in a lot of books that the attic helmet must be only an artistic convention to protrait roman soldiers because there is not any archeological evidence.

On the other hand the attic helmet was somewhat popular in italy at least as motifs and more so during the roman era. Red crest and arming cap crest colors are optional or on availability. Unfortunately both archaeological pieces of evidence or lack thereof and private relief works tend to dismiss the practicality of such attic helmets. Jul 28 2002 1.

Home product catalog helmets roman helmets dsc h104 attic helmet. Full spartan roman soldier costume complete leather with metal helmet. Attic helmet with plume. But i can see in the reliefs of the traian s and antonine columns that different figures wear several types of helmet.

Although there is no archeological evidence of its existence this purported helmet appears in many monuments and artistic depictions from the imperial roman period up to the medieval era. Hand made vintage steel helmet roman gladiator legion style ooak. A part of this had to do with how romans and especially their praetorian guard was depicted with the stylized attic helmet variant with engravings and plumes. A ceremonial attic helmet from southern italy ca.

Terms such as illyrian and attic are used in archaeology for convenience to denote a particular type of helmet and do not imply its origin.