ROMAN HELMETS

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The Roman military is an iconic, ancient institution; everybody is familiar with the image of fearsome Roman centurions marching in their famous columns. This book covers the helmets used by the historic Roman troops, drawing on their expertise, their wealth of illustrated material and the world of reenactments. In its study of the panoply of helmets used by the Romans, it pulls together the streams of published information of sculptural imagery and archaeological hard evidence, while also looking at the component parts, how they are physically put together, and attempting to reproduce the aspects of the artifacts. Includes 16 pages of color illustrations.