I have wealth beyond the imaginings of the ancients in some forms e.g. health care, stereo headphones, and yet I cannot afford a single servant.

That was a piss funny ending. Thanks for that. I giggled like a baby

The main shell is bought, I then painted it, added brow padding and the like inside, thickened the nose-guard, and cleaned it up a bit.

I may try it out as a cycling helmet one day.

After staring at that helmet for eight and a half minutes it's beginning to look rather phallic.

You have painted it beautifully!

liked for the head bobbing at the end.

Yes, for comfort, security of fit, sweat-absorbing, and of course its protective properties. Possibly also lowered condensation.

White and Blue is very Athenian and the hair patterning is pretty good actually. I think the top should also be made white though with some sort of design to top it all off.

Total phallic symbol.

Depends on the period, but this was not the typical Spartan helmet. It was far more common with other city states.

Plenty of depictions of decorated helmets on vases, and paint traces on statues.

I lol'd at the end :D

See description of the first video. I just used acrylics, I'm afraid. I didn't see the point of being perfectly authentic when the underlying helmet was not perfectly kosher.

Hours of fun xD

Hahaha, the head movement at the end was phenomenal. Also you do look pretty cool with the helmet up. I dig the style

Yes, I have 'latten' rings on my byrnie around the arm and neck holes. They are clearly visible in pictures in my website.

You sir, are awesome. Laughed a whole lot at the end.

You sir, ARE the great courses… plus very funny and good as dancing.

That bobble head ending was perfect! :D

End of the video = Dance Like an Egyptian song.

I love the little dance at the end.

I love the decoration! It's great!

I would love to say that the pattern you did looks beautiful and I believe it adds a lot to the overall aesthetic of the helmet

I did not expect the little bit at the very end of the video, and i literally was rolling on the floor laughing. You made my day!

Another wonderful video. I do quite like your decorations, the hair at the back especially since it matches up nicely with a lot of depictions of hair of ancient Greeks I've seen on vases. Well done.

The final three seconds are amazing

Despite the lack of the horsehair, you are very creative! :) I like what you've done with yours.

Super cool decoration! I thought it was made like that.

The design is very beautiful

Yes, although their faces were pretty anonymous too!

Seeing as these were widely used by the Spartan hoplites, it seems like a good way to save metal making the back thinner as in a hoplite formation you would not retreat thus not showing the enemy the back of your helm.

Great videos!

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Well, _I_ like the decoration.

You are wonderful!

You seem very skilful with your decoration.

6:30 you can see modern day football players do the same thing.

They were not all so highly domed, and there are plenty of vase paintings showing long locks hanging below the helmets. I don't think there is such a thing as a 'Roman hoplite'.

What a fun channel this is. Subbed :)

Could you maybe do a video on roman military helmets? I like how thorough you are with your videos.

Could you do a video on medieval greathelms? you know, did people really use smaller helmets underneath them and how cumbersome/effective were they?

So cool

The helmets with the vestigial eye-holes remind me of those rapper baseball caps that are meant to be worn tilted sideways, with the logo or other decorations still pointing forwards however.

good video you still look like an athenian in your armour then anyother city state because of the way your armour is designed and yes i like the decoration you have done to your helmet. It seems to me to be something like what a rich guy would have had done to his helmet back in anicent greece.

I think helmets like the ones shown at 0:53 are good reminders that sometimes people make stuff that is pretty to look at, but might not really be functional, and it's necessary to be aware of that when looking back at these things and trying understand how they were used, especially in regards to classical civilizations, many of whom thought that form was more important function unlike modern day people who are much more functionalist.

Depending on the type of weaponry used against it, I think there are mechanical advantages to a high dome. It'll make glancing blows from above more frequent, and even direct hits onto the dome from above with something like a massive club, a hammer or heavy rocks will be unlikely to break your skull, as it would need to deform that much more metal.

In modern sport fencing, fencers usually rest their fencing mask on the forehead in the exactly the same way as the ancient Greeks whenever they are out of combat, in order to cool off.

that head bob tho

I'm the eye hole man, I'm the only one thats allowed to have eye holes

How come this guy doesn't monetize his videos? There's never any ads and this guy would be really wealthier with them

Romans use hoplites form kingdom to republic. Even in camillian reform (310 b.c.) , triarii looks like a hoplites, but after first punic war they change style with oval shield and this apulo corinthian helmet.

the painted design is actually really cool

I also noticed that it looked quite phallic... but yeah, now that you mentioned it, the greeks were a bit weird like that and one has to wonder if that was more than just a coincidence.

A high helmet has advantages. One can put padding into it, so it doubles as a hard-hat. Otherwise a hit stopped by the helmet might still crack your skull or break your neck. And of course (as mentioned) it makes one look bigger and more impressive. I wonder, whether the Greek hoplites also wore strong eyeshade to increase the psychological effect (as I have heard was done in the (early) Viking age in combination with the iconic goggle helmets (Vendelhelm)).

I really liked your older chainmail vids, I wanted to know if you ever used different color rings ie. Copper to do inlays? like a dragon pattern or other midievil emblem amongst the regular steel rings. I know copper is more soft than steel but it actually looks pretty sweet, especially assuming anyone who makes chainmail these days isnt actually going to be taking sword blows to the chest, even aluminum rings would to..

Informative vid, I quite like corinthian helms, but for all the world I couldn't stop thinking how much you REALLY sound like Graham Chapman from Monty Python, even, the delivery and mannerisms, had to remind myself, he's not a Wo man he's an ancient Gweek. I liked your Crusader helm vid too. Going to make one soon.

I can also imagine you might wear your helmet in the 'up' position to make it easier to talk, or to shout commands without deafening yourself. And of course, when returning victorious, you'd lift it up so the ladies can see you are not only brave, but handsome too.

That was pretty much the gist of the comments section on the previous video, too. Phallic symbols pervade warfare, but it's mostly because we read them that way.

I thought of another reason why the dome could be so pointed, as to conceal the actual shape of the head. As you come from the UK I assume you know of the Royal Guardsman's bearskins (which is what gave me the idea) to disguise the location of the head, making it more difficult to be hit.

Yeah, ive noticed the vestigial eyeholes in many etruscan helmets.... its very interesting how things evolve, with a mixture of practicality and tradition. Also, its nice to see some decorated versions. I mean, despite the archeology, most people still think that greece consisted of stark-white columns and unpainted marble statues.

Of course, the REAL reason for a helmet that shape is that the space aliens who taught them had heads that were naturally that shape! ;-)

I quite liked your dance. Nice helmet though, the detail you put on it is nice. I never realized the thickness would change, I don't know why, it seems like an obvious thing, but for some reason I never considered it. Is this a typical feature of later helmets?

I want to play Skyrim again.

Another splendid video, but it's surely time for another episode of Stoke Mandeville? Could everyone else please go and watch those, so Lloyd knows to pay a bit more attention to that party of his KZfaq kingdom?

"Some more points about Corinthian helmets" from the 8th of March? I don't think this video was in my subscription that day; this is the first time I've noticed it.

Yes the early Roman army did make use of the Greek phalanx formation complete with hoplites, likewise they also had their hair longer than in Late Republican and Imperial times, however that's no reason to be rude! Also having a helmet domed simply to bundle up your locks before battle sounds pretty iffy even if it does make a little sense. Helmets are generally domed to cause downward blows to glance aside.

I do like the hair, nice.

ok the corinthian helmets were mostly used by spartans during the pelopanesion war but some athenians did use them and put a blue plume instead of a red one, which were commonly used by spartans, and the polymarch helmets were mostly corinthian helms aswell

The text at the end is related to something I was recently thinking of, how did ancient peoples avoid sunburn? Just keep covered with hat/cloak? Or like pigs use mud or something similar?

watching the first video I was gonna ask if it would be practical to wear the helmet up after the ''main assault''once the battle get messy and you need to see the ground

Plus, you could look down and watch where you step when you're walking through the woods.

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I would not fight with it that way - it would soon fall off. I could stand and talk easily enough, though.

Oh please,do come to Athens.And if you do,please do tell.I'm a big fan.I'll be more than happy to show you around...to whatever's left of it at least.Maybe I'll have my shield-making improved by then and you can take one home with you to match that helmet.

Raised helmet indicated friendly intentions?

Yes, Spartans in particular had really long hair and beards.

Many earlier Roman formations, and the Triarrii of the pre-Marian manipular formations, fought in a similar style to Greek hoplites. So I suspect he either meant that, or he got his cultures mixed up.

Lindy, the eyeholes being decorations on a helmet never meant to be worn on the face was so that people could look taller. Yes, the ancient Greeks weren't that tall.

Right you won me over with the Athens comment. subscribeachieved

Plus, more axes! I thought this was a channel about axes!

Well the Romans did fight in hoplite formations prior to the (1st?) Sarmatian War...but I dunno if you'd call them "Roman Phalanxes" though.

These always seemed to make a lot more sense to me than any medieval helmets.

Have been watching your videos for some years now, yet I know almost nothing about you. You should do a "Who am I and my take on life" video!

i always thought doming was used because it would deflect a blow better the steeper the dome?

That or a leather suspension system. It's the same idea as the rubber suspensions in modern helmets.

In the very early days of Rome they did fight using phalanxes I believe.

Just ordered one of these off Ebay, £30, made of 18 gauge steel, the only damage is that the horse hair plume has fallen off, but i'm sure I can find a way of getting it back on.

Hadrian and the next few emperors all had beards. But they were pretty rare before that.

Did they use any sort of cloth padding or something between the head and the helmet?

the knight shop does a brass version of this helm

Making spherical stuff is really hard. I would argue that is good reason for the shape of it. I have no knowledge of the subject however so I would probably be wrong.

IIRC from 500 to 300 BC Romans or rather Italians(Etruscans,Latins etc.) used greek style weapons and armor atleast to some deegree. There are several osprey series book on that perticular period.

Loving the paint work. As to the worn up effect, both for breathers between bouts and taking on water I can see it being an advantage, whether it was intentional on not, who knows?. Yes, It does look a bit penis like! But I certainly would not want to say that too loudly within earshot of a whole phalanx of hoplites fully dressed for aggravation! But I would not be surprised if that goad was in a peltasts armoury!

thank you for the answer! :-)

will you do a video about Rome helmet?

ah the italo corinthian helmet, shows what happens when fashin and military mjatters collide plus the slow realisation that everyone just wears the thing like this anyway, might as well make IT the helmet

Decoration - dead sexy. There ya go.

Did you make tunic and cuirass yourself? And if yes how? Any tips?

Would the original examples have had suspension or padding?