Question about Spartan's choice of helmet.

[geala]

Ähmm, an interesting point of view...

In my obinion the pilos helmet was a child of the tactical and economical demands of the late 5th c. BC, esp. the second Peloponesian war. Longer marches, greater armies, long periods of war, shortage of money, more flexible tactics because of new threats by cavalry and light troops helped the introduction. The lightening or abandoning of body armour is connected with it. This and the pilos soon spread over the entire Hellas, to allow everyone to look in the calm and grim face of the particular enemy.