Ancient Greek Warrior Helmets - Magna Grecia (Southern Italy)

On display @ the Castle of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy -- Ancient Greek warriors became the premiere warriors of their classical world. Through intense internal warfare they perfected heavy infantry tactics and when they were united they were able to defeat an invasion by Persia, the super power of their day. The heavily outnumbered Greek warriors called hoplites used superior tactics, training and arms to defeat two massive invasions. However, the Greeks returned to their incessant warfare once their common enemy was defeated. Philip of Hellenized Macedonia, king of what the Greeks considered a barbarian kingdom to their North, learned and even improved the Greeks phalanx formation and eventually dominated Greece. His son, Alexander the Great, then took the Macedonian and Greek warriors he inherited from his father and conquered the known world. Greek culture, called Hellenistic, became dominate from Sicily to India. Magna Graecia (Latin meaning "Great Greece", Greek: Μεγάλη Ἑλλάς, Megálē Hellás) is the name of the coastal areas of Southern Italy on the Tarentine Gulf that were extensively colonized by Greek settlers; particularly the Achaean colonies of Tarentum, Croton, and Sybaris, but also, more loosely, the cities of Cumae and Neapolis to the north. The colonists, who began arriving in the 8th century BC, brought with them their Hellenic civilization, which was to leave a lasting imprint in Italy, particularly on the culture of ancient Rome.

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My ancestors wore these. My father is from arena, Calabria. A small village on a mountain