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Italo-Corinthian helmet, Getty Villa Apparently (judging from artistic and archaeological evidence) the most popular helmet during the Archaic and early Classical periods, the style gradually gave way to the more open Thracian helmet, Chalcidian helmet and the much simpler pilos type, which was less expensive to manufacture and did not obstruct the wearer's critical senses of vision and ...
A Greek hoplite with muscle cuirass, spear, shield, Corinthian helmet and sheathed sword. Ancient Greek weapons and armor were primarily geared towards combat between individuals. Their primary technique was called the phalanx, a formation consisting of massed shield wall, which required heavy frontal armor and medium-ranged weapons such as ...
Spartan hoplites were often depicted bearing a transverse horsehair crest on their helmet, which was possibly used to identify officers. [43] During the Archaic period, Spartans were armored with flanged bronze cuirasses, leg greaves, and a helmet, often of the Corinthian type.
The Corinthian helmet was at first standardized and was a successful design. Later variants included the Chalcidian helmet, a lightened version of the Corinthian helmet, and the simple Pilos helmet worn by the later hoplites. Often the helmet was decorated with one, sometimes more horsehair crests, and/or bronze animal horns and ears.
Greek helmet may refer to any of the following: Attic helmet; Boar's tusk helmet; Boeotian helmet; Chalcidian helmet; Corinthian helmet; Galea (helmet) Illyrian type ...
Corinthian helmet; G. Galea (helmet) I. Illyrian type helmet; K. Kegelhelm; Konos; P. Phrygian helmet; Pileus (hat) This page was last edited on 20 April 2016, at 18: ...
Coolus helmet: ancient Romans Corinthian helmet [1] ancient Greeks Disc and stud helmet: c. 400 BCE: ancient Illyrians & Adriatic Veneti until 167 BCE Galea (helmet) ancient Romans Horned helmet: c. 1000 BCE: Celtic Europeans until 700 CE Illyrian type helmet: ancient Greeks Imperial helmet: 1st century CE onwards Roman Empire Imperial Chinese ...
Ancient Greek helmets. Top line, from left to right: Illyrian type helmet, Corinthian helmet. Bottom line, from left to right: Phrygian type helmet, Pileus helmet with an olive branch ornament, Chalcidian helmet. Staatliche Antikensammlungen