Rome at War is a total conversion modification for Mount & Blade: Warband set in 300 B.C., 23 years after the death of Alexander the Great.The mod supports both Single and Multiplayer and requires your Warband version to be at least 1.161+
type3_italo-chalcidian
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italo chalcidian helmet type 3 probably the most decorated chalcidian helmet ever found
Very nice and stunning detail on the helmet itself.
Wow.Just wow.Please make update quick.I am really wanna try this cool armors.
Amazing helmet, this will include in the Hellenic faction?
No, this is a strictly Italian variation of the Chalcidian helmet who might have originated from either Greece or Italy itself according to some books that debate its origin. The Thracian, Phrygian, Boeotian, Pylos and Attic type of helmets are the most commonly used in Hellenic lands, I believe the Chalcidian might have fallen out of fashion there. It might be still present (in our timeframe) in the Greek colonies of Southern Italy and Sicily, with a bit more research we could advance more on the matter but they certainly would look different that the recent models.
Even if it is an Italian variation then it is originated from Magna Graecia which were Greeks, but still originally the Chalcidian helmet is from Greece.
Also from the 2 soldiers on the helmet you can clearly see it are Hellenic hoplites.
etruscans had baisicaly same equipment like greek hoplites
linothorax type armor
samno attic helmet and chalcidian helmet
they also used hoplons.
phrase from book "This helmet is an exquisite example of the Etruscan bronze-worker's artistic and technical achievement. "
Actually the Chalkidean Helmet originated in the port City of Chalkis. In Euboea, Greece. The southern Italian Greek colonies, mainly continued the tradition, since the majority of them were actually founded by colonists from Chalkis.
Actually the Chalkidean Helmet originated in the port City of Chalkis. In Euboea, Greece. The southern Italian Greek colonies, mainly continued the tradition, since the majority of them were actually founded by colonists from Chalkis (I posted this as a guest - forgot to sign in)
That's why the Etruscans, who passed down the Romans what bacame the Latin Alphabet, inherited what is known as the Chalkidean (or Cumae - after their most important colony) Alphabet. As most Greek city states and kingdoms, had their own version of the Greek Alphabet, until ultimately Attic prevailed.
That particular helmet if from Todi in Italy
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Don't forget that Etruscans were deeply influenced by the Greeks, from our main reference book about Italian helmets it seems to indicate that it was mostly used by Etruscans, they spread the helmet up to their colonies in Campania and had their own workshops to manufacture them so it wasn't imported from the Greeks. The colonies in Magna Graecia used it too but it seems it wasn't as popular there, it is still very possible that we will make some contemporary Chalcidian helmets that were found there.
WTF!!! this is Amazing.
This all Awesome work. I can't wait to see all this new armor shimmer in the sunset of the battle field. Keep it up!
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Where are this helmets?
By the way great mod!