What is it about the plumed helmet that makes it so appealing,

>>2972013
makes you look a foot taller, intimidating the enemy
I think that was it's original purpose (from reading 'Goldsworthy: The Complete Roman Army')

>>2972013
Because the Syballine prophecy told them that in thousands of years a tv show would come on HBO called "Rome" and the helmets looked badass so they had to copy them to fulfill the preordained destiny of plumed helmets existing.

It's in Suetonius, look it up.

>>2972127
>An army of manlets overcompensating so hard that they conquer everything between Arabia, Africa and Germania just to make the other tribes shut up.

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Call me a hipster but I think I prefer later Roman helmet crests

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>>2972013
>especially in western societies?
Larping.

WE IZ NEW ROMANS N SHIET
AY YO, AY YO CHECK IT OUT MANE, WE BE HOPLITES, NIGGA.

>>2972389
>Its hipster to prefer the objectively superior helmet

>superior protection of nose, cheeks and neck
>superior ear holes for infantry
>no dumb fuck protruding ridges
>simple smooth design that redirects attacks

>>2972013
Status

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>>2972402
WHO IS THIS SEXY BITCH

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Ayo hol up you say you like stuff on helmets well uhhhh...

>>2972127
not every legionary had them tho, it was more to quickly find the centurion

>>2972456
most legionaries wore them in caesar's time
caesar specifically mentioned one time his army was ambushed and had to fight without the plumes attached
later their use fell outside of ceremonial purposes for the average soldier

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>>2972413
This guy gets it

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>>2972480
>later their use fell outside of ceremonial purposes for the average soldier
Yeah but then even later they came back into fashion

>>2972013
Something colorful to help distiguish one unit from another when everything else was covered with dust?

>>2972413
>no dumb fuck protruding ridges
>helmet is literally called "ridge helmet"