The Roman Army from Hadrian to Constantine

There are very few surviving head-pieces of legionary infantry type which can be dated later than the 1st century a.d. The only two specimens which can be dated to the first half of the 2nd century with certainty are both iron helmets; one from Brigetio in Hungary, the other from Israel, said to have been found in a cave at Hebron. The Brigetio helmet displays clear indications of Gallic descent in the presence of embossed 'eyebrows', though these, because of the positioning of the peak at a high angle, are placed on top of the skull and are virtually invisible when the helmet is worn. The most significant alteration in design compared with earlier Gallo-Roman iron helmets lies with the neck-guard, that part being made a good deal larger and given a far steeper angle against the nape of the skull.
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