Roman Cavalry HelmetsAuthor(s): M.C. Bishop, Giuseppe Rava\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Osprey Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781472871169, 978-1472871169\nSynopsis\nRenowned authority M. C. Bishop investigates the origins, development, manufacture, decoration and use of the Roman cavalry helmet.\n\n Roman cavalry helmets of the Republican period at first differed little from the infantry helmets and identifying them proves a challenging but not impossible task. In this study, [url] Bishop reveals how changes to the Roman Army under the Principate at the end of the 1st century BC, not least the incorporation of auxiliary forces, brought changes, with cavalry and infantry helmet types soon diverging. Notably, the Principate saw the introduction of face-mask helmets specifically for use in the hippika gymnasia, a form of combined mounted training and display manoeuvres.\n\n As with Roman infantry helmets, contact with Eastern cultures led to.