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The Agris Helmet (French: Casque d'Agris) is a ceremonial Celtic helmet from c. 350 BC that was found in a cave near Agris, Charente, France, in 1981. It is a masterpiece of Celtic art, and would probably have been used for display rather than worn in battle. The helmet consists of an iron cap completely covered with bands of bronze.
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The Montefortino helmet was a type of Celtic, and later Roman, military helmet used from around 300 BC through the 1st century AD with continuing modifications. This helmet type is named after the region of Montefortino ( frazione of Arcevia ) in Italy , where a Montefortino helmet was first uncovered in a Celtic burial.
See also an illustration of Brennus wearing a similar helmet. Brennus or Brennos is the name of two Gaulish chieftains , famous in ancient history: Brennus , chieftain of the Senones , a Gallic tribe originating from the modern areas of France known as Seine-et-Marne , Loiret , and Yonne ; in 387 BC, in the Battle of the Allia , he led an army ...
A 19th-century ship's figurehead depicting Brennus wearing a winged helmet. A winged helmet is a helmet decorated with wings, usually one on each side. Ancient depictions of the god Hermes, Mercury and of Roma depict them wearing winged helmets, and in the 19th century the winged helmet became widely used to depict the Celts.
The Meyrick Helmet is an Iron Age bronze peaked helmet, with La Tène style decoration, that is held at the British Museum in London. [1] It is one of only four Iron Age helmets to have been discovered in Britain , the other three being the more famous Waterloo Helmet , the Canterbury Helmet and the North Bersted Warrior helmet.
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