Historical Artifacts

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Well-preserved Roman infantry helmet with mouse motifs on the back, 2nd century AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts

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[–] PugJesus 16 points 2 months ago

The flaring-out preserves range of neck movement while still protecting the neck, one of the easiest fleshy bits to get nicked and die from. All armor is made of compromises - usually uncomfortable ones! The cheekguards, missing on this helmet, would give a little more neck coverage from a cutting blade in tandem with the neck brim, leaving only a relatively narrow exposed bit that can be stabbed into.