Cavalry Sports Helmet

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Carole Raddato
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published on 23 March 2014
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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 helmets were used in cavalry parades and sporting mock battles called “hippika gymnasia”.

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2014, March 23). Cavalry Sports Helmet. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2425/cavalry-sports-helmet/

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