Quote Originally Posted by Atilius View Post
This is NOT a corinthiam helmet, it's known as an Italo- or Apulo-Corinthian helmet. It mimics the appearance of a Corinthian pushed back on the head as you say. But it actually connot be worn any other way - the face guard and eye holes are too small to be functional and there's no way to tilt them over the face anyway.
Thanks for the info. now, if I might add a question... what's the point of that? Ok, corinthian helmat had a history, history even in mythology sometime represented on mosaic or potery... well, what's the point to make a complicated imitation instead of wearing the original (maybe with modification, to enhence the hearing and the view, as we know/it is said that hearing was very reduces with a corinthian on the head...