The pileus was a brimless felt cap worn in Ancient Greece, Etruria, Illyria, later also introduced in Ancient Rome. The pileus also appears on Apulian red-figure pottery.
Apulian red figure depicting a conical pileus hat, third quarter of the 4th century BC, Louvre
Ancient Greek terracotta statuette of a peasant wearing a pilos, 1st century BC
Funerary stele of an Ancient Macedonian soldier from Pella, 4th century BC
Pileus between two daggers, on the reverse of a denarius issued by Brutus to commemorate the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March
The Phrygian cap, also known as Thracian cap and liberty cap, is a soft conical cap with the apex bent over, associated in antiquity with several peoples in Eastern Europe, Anatolia, and Asia. The Phr
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Dacian prisoner with Phrygian cap, Roman statue from the 2nd century
A Parthian (right) wearing a Phrygian cap, 203 AD