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Late Roman Ridge Helmet
Roman parade helmet made of iron, silver and gold, and decorated with glass gems, Berkasovo, Serbia, 4th century CE. The photo was taken at the exhibition 'Treasures and Emperors. The Splendour of Roman Serbia' in Aquileia, Italy (11 March...
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Crosby Garrett Helmet
The Crosby Garrett Helmet, a copper alloy Roman cavalry helmet dating from the 1st half of 3rd century AD, found by an unnamed metal detectorist near Crosby Garrett in Cumbria in May 2010. This photo was taken on the occasion of the Hadrian’s...
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The Ribchester Helmet
A two-piece helmet of embossed bronze consisting of a head piece and a face mask. The scene on the head piece is of a skirmish between infantry and cavalry. Fittings survive on the head piece for a crest-box and a pair of trailing streamers...
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Sea-Monster Helmet
This bronze helmet has a crest with detachable horns shaped like horse-headed sea-monsters. The origin is unclear, it is perhaps a Messapian helmet from southern Italy. Circa 325-275 BCE. Castellani Collection, Bronze 2824, British Museum...
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Cavalry Sports Helmet
The Nijmegen Roman cavalry helmet, an iron mask sheathed in bronze and silver discovered in 1915 CE near Nijmegen (Netherlands), second half of the first century CE. (Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen) According to Arrian of Nicomedia, face mask...
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16th Century Morion Helmet
A typical steel morion helmet, a type worn across Europe in the 16th century and worn by conquistadors in the New World. Italian, c. 1570. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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Cavalry Face-Mask Helmet
Cavalry Face-Mask Helmet (Type Nijmegen-Kops Plateau), brass sheet on iron core, dating to the 1st or 2nd century CE. (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, Netherlands)
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Bronze Illyrian Helmet
A bronze illyrian type helmet and gold funerary mask. Chalcidice, 530-510 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
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Silver-plated Helmet from Epirus
Silver-plated iron helmet found in Cist grave 1 in Prodromi, Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. The grave is dated to between the end of the 4th century BCE and the beginning of the 3rd century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Igoumenitsa, Epirus)
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Celtic Helmet, 350 BCE
Helmet, iron, Giubiasco, Ticino. Around 350 BCE. Not just warriors: According to biased descriptions by the Romans and Greeks, the Celts were warriors and barbarians. However, finds of rich grave goods such as jewellery and weapons attest...