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Thierry Lejars, « Galeae Senonum, gli elmi di bronzo perduti di Montefortino nel contesto medio-adriatico del IV-III sec. A.C. », HAL-SHS : archéologie, ID : 10670/1.dhqlma
Galeae Senonum. Montefortino lost bronze helmets in their context from IVth century BC.If the name of Montefortino was accepted to describe one of the most popular shapes of the helmets of the republican period, it was due to their number and Edoardo Brizio publication in 1899. After the discovery of five bronze helmets, four of them were quickly sold and today they are lost. However, the image archives preserved at the Archaeological Superintendency in Marches inform us very precisely about the morphology and diversity of the shapes documented in Montefortino. According to Brizio, those helmets had reached to the Gauls by means of the Etruscan trade, whereas we consider that those headcoverings, sometimes worn by exceptional individuals, can be found mostly in the medio-adriatic zone controlled by the Senons. The success of that kind of helmets with Celts of the Adriatic seems to justify the mention Galeae Senonum by Silius Italicus among the spoils of war exposed in Rome.