From the simple cap to the most intricately-wrought and elaborately-decorated royal example, the humble helmet could do much more than just protect its bearer’s head.

Theme: Helmets in the ancient world

• Murray Dahm, 'An ancient connection - The mystery of horned helmets'.
  
• Evan Schultheis, 'By ridge and spang - Late Roman helmets'.
• Jo Ball, 'The face of victory - Decoration on Roman helmets'.
• Murray Dahm, 'A mask for a battle - Losing your head in a foreign marsh'.
• David Sim, 'Hammering it home - Roman helmet production'.
• Tamás Dezső, 'Three centuries of bronze and iron - the helmets of the Assyrian army'.

Features:

• James Ford, 'PTSD in Ancient Greece - The religious dimension'.
• Jona Lendering, 'A puzzle without an answer - Where did Hannibal cross the Alps'.
• Mark McCaffery, 'Those about to die, or not - An alternative gladiator oath'.
• Velite Aquila, 'Storming south - Gauls at the battle of Telamon'.
• Jo Ball, 'Dying on the edge of the empire - The tombstone of Nectovelius'.
• Haggai Olshanetsky, 'Under Egyptian and Persian banners - Jewish soldiers serving foreign kings'.