- The
Montefortino helmet was a type of Celtic, and
later Roman,
military helmet used from
around 300 BC
through the 1st
century AD with
continuing modifications...
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Montefortino is a
comune (muni****lity) in the
Province of
Fermo in the
Italian region Marche,
located about 80
kilometres (50 mi)
south of Ancona, about...
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Helmets used by
gladiators were
quite different from
military versions.
Montefortino helmet (4th
century BC – 1st
century AD)
Coolus helmet (3rd
century BC...
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which was
largely su****ded at the time by
improved versions of the
Montefortino helmet type,
which continued to
serve alongside it for a time. This constituted...
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century BCE. It was
typically made in
bronze or br**** and, like the
Montefortino type with
which it co-existed, was a
descendant of
Celtic helmet types...
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Galea or soldier's helmet.
Variant forms included the
Coolus helmet,
Montefortino helmet, and
Imperial helmet. Greaves, to
protect the legs.
Lorica (armour)...
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Romans probably wasn't used
until the
Imperial period.
Helmets of the
Montefortino and the
Coolus types were the most
commonly used
helmets in the late...
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relief showing (centre-right) two
Roman foot-soldiers c. 122 BC. Note the
Montefortino-style
helmets with
horsehair plume,
chain mail cuir****es with shoulder...
- br**** or
copper with red plumes.
Another helmet widely used was the
Montefortino helmet.
These helmets were m****-produced and used
during the
First and...
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mostly wore
plainer helmets of
conical or sub-conical shape, such as the '
Montefortino' type
later adopted by the Romans. The
ancient depictions of Mercury...
