Posted on 01/11/2012 8:44:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The Hallaton helmet will go on permanent display at Harborough Museum later this month Photo: Christopher Pledger
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Why couldn’t it be the helmet of a Roman Top Dog that the Briton had brought down in battle and they buried the trophy with him?
And they’re 100% sure that this was a presentation to this tribal chief, and not one of his particularly prized trophies from the field of battle?
It`s a War trophy.
The Indians in Massachusetts during the New England Indian Wars wore captured/killed British 3-pointed hats and braided gold jackets.
During the 1690`s & 1709 up until 1753, the French, in skirmishes with Dutch-English combined forces out of Fort Edward and Schuylerville, wore Spanish chest armor captured from the Dutch, still to be seen in Fort Ticonderoga Museum glass case.
save for later
Thought it was common knowledge that some of the Celtic tribes aligned with the Romans.
Me too.
So what has changed exactly? My 1991 edition of “The Oxford History of Britain” discusses the Claudian invasion of 43AD and reads....
“The invasion met with fierce resistance from some of the British tribes. Others, no doubt not sorry to see the Catuvellaunian hegemony in southern Britain destroyed, surrendered easily or joined the Romans.”
I agree.
———————Thought it was common knowledge that some of the Celtic tribes aligned with the Romans.-———————
*SHRUG*
Some Americans sided with the communists too.
Reagan spoke about this in his Rendezvous with Destiny speech. “Better red than dead”, or, “I’d rather live on my knees than die on my feet”.
Wonder how many banquets the chief had to throw to get rewarded with that.
Booty taken from a dead Roman or dead Romans, then lost somehow seems as likely an explanation.
British soldier to another British soldier, after capturing a Roman: Now let ME wear the helmet:)!
Absolutely. There were rebel tribes and others that aligned with Rome. It’s common knowledge to all but newspaper reporters, apparently.
Then again, that could be said of many topics.
And the Romans had a policy of doing just those kinds of things, while maintaining order and rule over an empire of 50 million people with thousands of miles of frontier, using an army of 140,000, and up to another 140,000 or so (probably much less) auxiliaries.
LOL!
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