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JinandJuice
10-31-2009, 13:31
My only speculation is that it might be able to stop a downward falx stroke, but my own speculation is not enough to convince me.
Ludens
10-31-2009, 14:25
Do you mean the Phrygian helmet? Check out this thread (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=117250).
antisocialmunky
10-31-2009, 15:05
The jist of that thread was this:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/picture.php?albumid=196&pictureid=1511


Some Thracian helmets had a piece along the top for the crest to mount to/because it was constructed in halves and there are some with the phygian pointy thing.

http://www.lonelymountain.hoplologia.org/thracian2a.jpg
http://www.by-the-sword.com/acatalog/ah-6112t.jpg
JinandJuice
10-31-2009, 15:22
Oh, nevermind. I'll just check out the link.
Ca Putt
10-31-2009, 15:28
Yeah my ole Smurfoi Phalangitai
Olaf The Great
10-31-2009, 20:26
The helmet just imitates an old (Leather or felt?) hat design the Phrygians wore.
mountaingoat
10-31-2009, 20:58
phrygian cap would of held (and still does) some kind of significant/esoteric meaning as it is still used today in symbolism that is often related to the occult.

anyway make what you want of it. :egypt: :wizard:
Duguntz
10-31-2009, 22:37
The jist of that thread was this:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/picture.php?albumid=196&pictureid=1511




Memories, ooooh, memories. Since that thread, i never saw the smurfs with the same eye! from cute lil blue dwarves they became sanguinary elite phalangites... well, the shape of the phrigian helmet is discussed in all its matter in the link above... enjoy!
mcantu
11-02-2009, 17:59
phrygian cap would of held (and still does) some kind of significant/esoteric meaning as it is still used today in symbolism that is often related to the occult.

anyway make what you want of it. :egypt: :wizard:

there is a lot of art from Revolutionary America that incorporates the phrygian cap as well. its also in American coinage from the period
MarcusAureliusAntoninus
11-04-2009, 22:09
I once saw some old footage of WWI in a history class and there was a French honor guard like guy wearing a Phrygian Helmet in AD1914. I actually laughed out loud right there in the class.
king of thracia
11-04-2009, 22:52
Thracian looks cool imo, but I too thought Phrygian looks ridiculous until I saw the movie Alexander which overlooking its faults actually makes the Phrygian style look good. I can see why people might like the helmet.
antisocialmunky
11-05-2009, 02:44
I once saw some old footage of WWI in a history class and there was a French honor guard like guy wearing a Phrygian Helmet in AD1914. I actually laughed out loud right there in the class.

The shape is a symbol of freedom in that part of the world. You need to read the old Smurf thead.