Galea (helmet)
Galea and Cassis were the Latin names for the helmets worn by Roman soldiers . While a cassis was always made of metal, the galea was originally a leather hood. Later, in Republican times, this expression was also used to describe helmets made of aes ("bronze", usually a brass alloy) or iron. From then on, leather helmets were no longer worn and are also not known from archaeological finds.
In the course of development, different types of helmets have been developed.
literature
- Antique helmets. Collection Lipperheide and other holdings of the Antikenmuseum Berlin (= Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum. Monographs 14). Publishing house of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-88467-019-0