Here's a few pics we took last summer to
showcase my Brettian impression. The Corinthian helmet would be considered quite old by this time period, but some grave finds in Southern
Italy have them along with Apulo-Corinthian and attic helmets. I also have an Apulo-Corinthian and a bronze attic is on it's way.
Shield is based off of Brettian coins and Lucanian vase paintings. The greaves need to be modified as they're too bulbus. The Corinthian I'm wearing is bronze and has custom boars
engraved on the cheeks and a pelmette between the eyes. The belt is based off of Southern
Italian graves from Samnites to the Brettians but show up even earlier and is considered
Italic. I also have a Ksour Essef
cuirass (4th to 2nd century BCE) that I'm working into an impression.
Terina is a stones throw away from my place in
Italy and while the Lucanians and Samnites get the most press, the Brettians (who came from the Lucanians) were fierce warriors and supporters of Hannibal. Unfortunately, the
area of
Calabria where the Brettians inhabited is very under developed and under studied.
And for
good measure is my Ribchester parade/Cavalry/Signifer helmet and early Kalkriese
type segmentata.