Talk:Konos

Pilos style helmet
Is the Pilos style helmet the same as the Konos type, from what I can make out from pictures on line the two seem to be identical. If so then Commons has a file that may be of use.KTo288 (talk) 09:55, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

No, from my understanding the Konos is a type of dual helmet in that it consists of an inner helmet beneath an outer helmet. The Roma Surrectum 2 mod development team gave a better description of it in their Spartan phalangite preview here. The Spartan phallangite was equipped with a big Konos helmet with, which some suggest it was double, aka there was an inner bronze helmet worn inside it. That and the fact that a pilos or petasos felt cap was worn underneath to minimize blunt trauma, made the Konos the ultimate anti slinger helmet, as the slingshot would penetrate the outer hull, but run out of kinetic energy prior to entering the inner helmet. It would transfer its kinetic energy into displacing the helmet, not to the skull that a previous tight fitting helmet like a Corinthian would. I know that's not an appropriate source for Wikipedia and so you can take it however you wish, but know that many of these mod teams put an insane amount of research into their work and the RS team is no different. Spartan198 (talk) 12:22, 8 October 2010 (UTC)