266 ROMAN INFANTRY HELMETS

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Investigates the development, manufacture, decoration and use of the Roman infantry helmet. Details how it was adopted directly from the Etruscans, who had in turn adapted helmets from neighboring European cultures within and beyond the Italian peninsula. Explains how its form remained largely unchanged until the Late Republic, when contact and conflict with a wider variety of cultures introduced new influences. Shows how this culminated in contact with Eastern cultures leading to completely new types being introduced, which simplified manufacture and led to a variety of post-Roman helmet types Contains 8 color artwork plates; black and white and color photographs and illustrations.