Roman Attic Helmet

A ceremonial attic helmet from southern italy ca.

Roman attic helmet.

Its name is a modern historiographic convention. On the other hand the attic helmet was somewhat popular in italy at least as motifs and more so during the roman era. Legionaries and auxiliaries with imperial gallic or imperial italic helmet other legionaries and auxiliaries with attic helmet archers with conical ones praetorians. 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.

It was similar to the chalcidian helmet but lacked a nose guard. The late attic helmet is an attested helmet which is purported to have developed independently from the imperial gallic italic and ridge helmets. 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. Full spartan roman soldier costume complete leather with metal helmet.

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. 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. 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.

Attic helmet with plume. 18 gauge 1 2 mm polish. Make offer hand made vintage steel helmet roman gladiator legion style ooak. Home product catalog helmets roman helmets dsc h104 attic helmet.

But i can see in the reliefs of the traian s and antonine columns that different figures wear several types of helmet. Red crest and arming cap crest colors are optional or on availability. Hand made vintage steel helmet roman gladiator legion style ooak. Jul 28 2002 1.

Available in mild steel and brass. Its name is a modern historiographic convention. 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. 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.

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.