. The Archaeological journal. ? d«, Handbuch der AJtertlitl r, K , i i I i i,. di»- ? cord< d \ ll igen andfur Alb iiliuin. i \ i dlli n Helmet, produced bj Mr. Hewitt, in illustration i?Iii 11 ique from Leokbampton, haa sinnrbei H -ii idi i?? i not i al isl ictorj , and ithaa been withdrawn Ii waa an officer*!ii. .-i i |iii ee, ii- ii aign apparent!) ?!< riitda i tho e ihown on Trajana colnmn, FOUND AT LLTKIIAMlTON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 19. Ribbed Helmets, worn bythe column. military This helm very probably was the cudo ofleather used, as we learn from Po
. The Archaeological journal. ? d«, Handbuch der AJtertlitl r, K , i i I i i,. di»- ? cord< d \ ll igen andfur Alb iiliuin. i \ i dlli n Helmet, produced bj Mr. Hewitt, in illustration i?Iii 11 ique from Leokbampton, haa sinnrbei H -ii idi i?? i not i al isl ictorj , and ithaa been withdrawn Ii waa an officer*!ii. .-i i |iii ee, ii- ii aign apparent!) ?!< riitda i tho e ihown on Trajana colnmn, FOUND AT LLTKIIAMlTON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 19. Ribbed Helmets, worn bythe column. military This helm very probably was the cudo ofleather used, as we learn from Polybius,by the light-armed troops, and originallythe hunting-cap, strengthened externallyby ribs of metal. Another helm appearsin the remarkable sculptures on theTrajan column which claims is the pointed head-piece worn bythe barbarian cavalry and infantry—Sar-matians or Dacians, with ribs divergingfrom the spiked or knobbed apex, andoccasionally with several parallel hoops,a remarkable feature of resemblance tothe curious frame-work found in Bavaria,before noticed. A sculpture preserved at Rome in theGiustiniani Palace, represents barbarians with ribbed helms,and a knob on the top of the From a comparison of these facts I am inclined to thinkthat the interment at Leckhampton, in a locality surroundedby vestiges of the Romans, may be assigned with greaterprobability to the times of their dominion in Britain, thanto the Sax
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