Two early bronze helmets for appreciation

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by fernando

In Spain, Jim ? In this case Portugal, as you may read that the examples posted were found in my neighborhood.

Oops! Sorry Fernando, my bad.

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Oops! Sorry Fernando, my bad.

Never mind, Jim; we are used to such flaw .
As a matter of fact, in the period these helmets were used, neither Portugal nor Spain, in its actual concept, existed.
The Iberin Peninsula was then a countless number of Peoples and regions, which the invading Romans called Hispania (from the Phoenician/
Carthaginian Span or Spania). In the South East you would find the Iberians, a name previously given to the Peninsula by the Greeks and, in the North West you had a pre-Celtic group called Galaecians, which ended up being the Galicia region. From this Galicia, one southern part was donated in the XI century to the Burgundian Count Dom Henrique, for having helped King Afonso VI of Leon and Castille to fight the Moors. From this county called Portucale (from the Latin Portus=Oporto), Dom Henrique's successors managed to expell the Moors down to limits of the Peninsula Western strip by the year 1249, giving a final form to what is the oldest inaltered one nation state of Europe.


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[Jim McDougall]

Thank you Fernando, and very much appreciate your latitude in overlooking my flaws, which seem to increase by time. In this slip of the tongue, it has benefitted us with this additional refresher on the character of the Iberian regions in these times by cultural and ethnic groups. It is indeed a key factor to remember that in given times in history, modern national names did not exist in most cases, and most regions were called by quite different terms far from having recognized borders.

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Thank you Fernando, and very much appreciate your latitude in overlooking my flaws.

Nothing personal, Jim. I meant to say that, folks out there thinking that Portugal is nowhere or, in the least, a part of Spain, is a recurrent flaw ... fortunately each time less .

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by fernando

Nothing personal, Jim. I meant to say that, folks out there thinking that Portugal is nowhere or, in the least, a part of Spain, is a recurrent flaw ... fortunately each time less .

Not at all Nando, I meant I am of course among the masses who make these kinds of suppositions and misperceptions, and these days I can blame it on age