Galea (helmet)

Galea and Cassis were the Latin names for the costs borne by Roman soldiers helmets. While a Cassis was always made ​​of metal, the Galea was originally a leather hood. Later, already in the Republican period, helmets have been using this expression but also indicated that consisted of aes ( "bronze", usually a brass alloy) or of iron. Leather helmets were henceforth no longer be borne, and are not known from the archaeological find material.

During the development of different types of helmets have been developed.