Historical accuracy questions

[Watchman]

5) Why do the Triarii's helmets look so wierd, is that how they actually looked?

The ones that look like Corinthian helmets lifted up ? Yeah, they were really made to look like that. "Italo-Etruscan" or something along those lines is what the type's usually known as. I think there have been a couple of specimen excavated here and there.

'S a fashion thing you know. One assumes the Italians liked the Corinthian look but found the original design too restrictive.

Imitation designs were incidentally issued to some elite Napoleonic cavalry forces as well.

[Geoffrey S]

About the triarii helmets, someone posted a screenshot of them in the bug forum looking strange at high details; that may be what is being referred to.