Roman Helmets by Hilary & John Travis

Author:Hilary & John Travis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Published: 2015-03-09T16:00:00+00:00

Fig. 89. Mask from cavalry sports type E helmet, bronze, second to third century AD, from the Straubing Hoard, Straubing Museum. It has a face of Eastern appearance and more realistic representation of the eyes, as seen on the more recently found Crosby Garrett helmet. It was originally classified as type E by Russell-Robinson, but possibly should be viewed as a separate type. (Artwork by J. R.Travis, after Russell-Robinson, p. 125, plate 366)

Cavalry Sports Helmets – Type F

These helmets are made in three pieces. The Attic shaped bowl divides from the front face section, on the line with the ears and across the top of the forehead. The central T-shaped part of the face, with the eyes, nose and mouth, is then removable, secured at the centre brow with a turning pin, and possibly with another near the lips.

Faces are again distinctly male, and bowls, where present, are close-fitting and Attic-style, with small neck guard, and either provided with simulated hair swirls or all-over embossed figures. One example, from Ostrov, Romania, differs in that, although also of close-fitting Attic style, it is provided with a low raised crest, running from the centre back down towards the neck.

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