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 (photo).
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Gundestrup Cauldron depicting warriors with long shields and circular bosses.
Gundestrup cauldron - Wikipedia
A line of warriors bearing spears and shields march to the left, bringing up the rear is a warrior with no shield, bearing a sword, and wearing a boar-crested helmet which resembles helmets from later Germanic cultures. Behind him are three carnyx players. In front of this group a dog leaps up, perhaps holding them back. Behind the dog, at the left side of the scene, a figure over twice the size of the others holds a man upside down, apparently with ease, and apparently is about to immerse him in a barrel or cauldron.The Iron Age Shield... that's made of bark? The Enderby Shield | Curator's Corner S8 Ep7 Fundraiser
In 2015, what we knew about Iron Age shields all changed. And it changed in a field in Leicester...
Iron Age Curator Sophia Adams explains the construction of the first shield made of tree bark ever discovered in the Northern Hemisphere - how it was built, how it was used and how it changes what we know about shields of the time.
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Boudicca's horde at the battle of Watling street, imagined by Joseph Feely.
Joseph Feely - Official Website
