For this thesis, a dataset consisting of Etruscan helmet and cuirass types as well as their depiction on other sources has been analyzed to determine whether the Etruscan panoply functioned as an...Show moreFor this thesis, a dataset consisting of Etruscan helmet and cuirass types as well as their depiction on other sources has been analyzed to determine whether the Etruscan panoply functioned as an expression of identity. This has been done by analyzing changes that occur in the Etruscan panoply over time in relation to historical events as well. In addition an attempt is made to examine differences in the panoply between regions within Etruria. Through these attempts, the following conclusions have been drawn. There is a correlation between major historical events and changes that occur in the Etruscan panoply. There is also a correlation between the changing depictions of Etruscan warriors and the expression of identity, although this cannot be strongly attested to until the last three centuries when Rome asserts dominance over Etruria. We can infer that during this last period, the Etruscan elite made a conscious attempt to present themselves (part) Roman, as opposed to the Hellenistic panoply depicted in prior centuries.Show less
This thesis has the subject of the Apulo-Corinthian Helmet, a south-east Italian helmet type and what it can say about the culture in which it was used. After establishing what an apulo-Corinthian...Show moreThis thesis has the subject of the Apulo-Corinthian Helmet, a south-east Italian helmet type and what it can say about the culture in which it was used. After establishing what an apulo-Corinthian helmet exactly is and which Type’s there are, I went on and found out that we can also order these helmets by Groups that were made by the same craftsman. After this I investigated the spreading, which very clearly pointed out Apulia was the region were these helmets originate from. Then I explained that to helmets with a known context were all from tombs, some very rich, some of them poorer than other graves of their time, but most of the tombs had the same objects within them; military equipment, metal vessels, Lucanian, Campanian and local pottery, and some had Attic pottery. In the conclusion I answered the research questions, Where, when and in which contexts do these helmets occur? And What is the meaning of this type helmet in these contexts and what does this meaning of the helmets say about the cultural character of Apulia between the end of the 6th and the end of the 4th century B.C.?Show less
