Quote Originally Posted by The General View Post
Considering that in EB (/R:TW) every model in a unit is identical this would mean that en entire unit would be wearing Corinthian helmets, and in an army this could mean that thousands of men would be running with antiquated, largely abandoned helmets. Considering how ahistorical and unrealistic this would be, I think the current EB policy is the right one.

In EBII however, a unit can have three (iirc! might very well be wrong here) different variations of armaments. Having one third of one particular unit could be used to depict the use of Corinthian helmets by those who could not afford or for some other reason would not use more modern, better helmets, as this would keep the proportion down to a more reasonable limit. Nonetheless, I won't be disappointed if the corinthian helmet makes no appearance in EBII.
If you're going to argue the "old helmet being occasionally reused" angle, then where are all the people arguing that hoplites should be wearing Illyrian helmets? They were just as outdated as the Corinthian by the EB timeframe, but they at least survived among the Illyrians, while the Corinthian (not the Pseudo-Corinthian) disappears altogether.

The simple fact is that while it can be conjectured that the someone could conceivably have worn a helmet more than 150 years old by the beginning of the EB timeframe, there is not a shred of evidence for anyone doing so. And while we have evidence of helmets being passed down through a few generations, 150 years is too long to reasonably have done so.

The only reason this ever comes up is because people think the Corinthian looks cool, and they will argue any way possible for its inclusion.