Newstead Helmet
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The Newstead Helmet is an iron Roman cavalry helmet dating to 80–100 AD that was discovered at the site of a Roman fort in Newstead, near Melrose in Roxburghshire, Scotland in 1905. It is now part of
The Newstead Helmet
Bronze helmet with no visor-mask, also found at Newstead, showing a naked winged figure of Cupid driving a chariot.
Bronze visor-mask with no helmet from Newstead
Hippika gymnasia
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The hippika gymnasia were ritual tournaments performed by the cavalry of the Roman Empire to both practice their skills and display their expertise. They took place on a parade ground situated outside
Newstead Helmet
…of the Newstead Collection at the National Museum in Edinburgh. The helmet would have been worn by auxiliary cavalrymen in cavalry displays known as hippika gymnasia. Its discoverer, Sir James Curle (1862–1944), described the helmet as "one of the most beautiful things that the receding tide of Roman conquest has…
A reenactor and horse wearing pieces of display armour typical of the hippika gymnasia
Reconstruction of a Roman cavalry "sports helmet" of the 2nd century AD
The Ribchester Helmet