Is their any evidence that the Romans used the things on their helmets as brushes?
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In the Roman era, soldiers often put decorations on top of their helmets.  These were to make the soldier look bigger and scarier in combat, and I suppose to look good before the cheering crowds back at the forum.  I don't think that they had any particular practical function.
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On the whole, no.  There are blood vessels--so called emissary veins--that can transport bacteria from skin infections through the skull to the meninges, but that is a rarity, that has, unfortunately, been observed.\n\nMuch depends on what the bumps are, frankly.  Many of the bumps on the human scalp are of a non-infectious origin--things like seborrheic dermatitis, for instance, or small keratoses or sebaceous cysts--and unless they get infected, will not send bacteria anywhere.
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I can't find any definitive sources, but apparently they were created by Aborigine bush hands trying to keep the flies out of their eyes when they worked.  The "whitefellas" thought this right clever, and started to do the same thing.
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its just grease, used to be ash from corks, more recently people use strips probably like tape.  There's also temporary tatoo type eye-black which is an ink.
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Xenophanes of Colophon said in ancient times:  "Yes, and if oxen and horses or lions had hands, and could paint with their hands, and produce works of art as men do, horses would paint the forms of the gods like horses, and oxen like oxen, and make their bodies in the image of their several kinds."
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How About a Project on Roman History.. I can help you with it. :)\n\nHenry (nukeishere@yahoo.com)
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No, not at all.\n\nAfter all they were Scottish before they were zombies.  They tend to capture the flatulent gases in handkerchiefs so as to not let anything get away for free.  This muffles the sound to an almost silent whooose.\n\nRumor has it that several international perfume companies pay top dollar for these handkerchiefs to use as the secret ingredient in scent mixtures sold to Goths, the homeless and others on the fringe of American culture.\n\nNow their sneezes are another matter entirely.
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The Roman naturalist, Pliny, used the name galena to describe lead ore.\n\nhttp://webmineral.com/data/Galena.shtml
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There is a real sign of intelligence writing you to tell you they don't know or giving you a stupid answer.  The Japanese culture was made up of honor, heritage and rituals. The helmets of that time did little more then hold your hair and ear pieces in place. They wore their helmets as they did their short swords because it was part of their uniforms.\n\nNote: Are you aware the Russians, Germans and even the US to an extent had a Kamikaze group? The Russians used to use their props to cut into the tails of German fighters. \n\nThanks for the chance to help. God Bless You and the Southern People.
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The ancient peoples of Europe were more fond of masks and religious ritual than you would suspect if you saw Europeans today. Mask wearing and shamanism was part and parcel of everyday life in ancient Western European tradition. \n\nThere are stories abound about African and North American tribal shamans but not a lot is known about ancient European peoples' involvement with masked ritual or the practice of magic. That is why finding out about similarities between the ideas behind masks from around the world and those originating from European soil, is a discovery of intriguing and yet no less real beliefs. \n\nThe less obvious link of European societies with shamanism or religious ritual than for instance the North American native Indian customs or magic activity in the past is due to the more 'sanitised' way Europe has developed because of church interference in people's lives. The church dominance virtually stamped out any pagan ritual. It was not until after 1960, when the Americans experienced a revival of the interest in shamanism, that much has become known about the European version of the practice of magic and mask wearing. There is more verifyable information about the true roots of Western European civilisation than initially suspected. \n\n"The spirit if not the exact practise of shamanism has been passed on through Europe's generations", one authority on the subject, Leigh Ann Hussey, believes. The earliest recordings of ceremonies involving masks were found in the caves of the Trois Freres (Three Brothers) in France where paintings of a Paleolithic scene depicting European animism of the first order. \n\nIan Bracegirdle, a mask expert, describes the cave: A central figure stands wearing the head and antlers of a deer. He stands, shaman like, surrounded by animals. Animals that are important to the culture he represents. Some of the animals no longer exist in this area. Ibex, reindeer, bison, stag and horses. The shaman, for that is what he seems to be, stands, a human figure amongst the potential food. \n\nIt is believed that the paleolithic cave served as a place where hunters were initiated. The sorceror or shaman was symbol to sympathetic magic. He wore ears and horns of a stag, the eyes and beak of an owl, the bearded face of an old man, the tail of a wolf, the paws of a bear and the legs of a dancing shaman. He stood in front of painted hunting murals. The Shaman served as mediator between humans and their venerated animal kin. \n\nThis is pretty much the best evidence in tangible form that we have of our ancestors' animistic beliefs. It dates back 10,000 years and is accompanied by an abundance of myths and stories showing our ancestors had plenty of similar ideas. A close analogy exists in the stories of Kernunnos, forest god of the later Celts. The masks express animism to some extent. \n\nHis information is confirmed by Ms Hussey, who went on a hunt in European shamanism and found when she examined ancient sources, that she did not need to borrow from other traditions. "It is clear that tribal Europe had as strong a shamanic tradition as, for example, any of the American Indian tribes," she said. \n\nSumming up the general symbolism that unites masks from around the globe, Bracegirdle says that there are many striking similarities between the ancient cultures of the Pacific West Coast of North America and the tribal traditions of Africa. Symbols that all these cultures share are relating to fertility, the hunted animal, ancestors, initiation into rites, circumcision, cannibalism real and symbolic, healing and crossing over into the spirit world for guidance and healing powers or to appease the gods or ancestors are the accompanying ideas behind masks. \n\nNot a lot has been passed on from generation to generation in any overtly recognisable form or shape, but among the most powerful links is the seasonal nature of many traditions we still know about. In the UK,
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No. The whole thing is a myth. Not even an original one. they just copied off of earlier civilizations myths.
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no one really knows. there are a lot of theories though. it could be a sort of calandar or a place where they had rituals. unless someone finds a script in which it's use is mentioned or someone invents a timemachine, no one can be sure.
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Well, history did not start with today's breakfast.\n\nThe components we use now for things like cans and pencil, were different in older times.  Language, however, carried to us today, the old materials used for those things.\n\nYes, long ago, cans were made of tin and pencils used lead (Romans for example). Aluminum is relatively very new.\n\nHey, the Romans used lead as wine bottles.  Some people say, that was one of the reasons the Roman empire fell.
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Sounds like a depiction of Backus. I could be wrong. I'm not sure what specific art piece you're referring to.
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From your own source:\n\nThe authenticity of the Holy Foreskin claimed by St. John Lateran in Rome is said to have been proven in 1527 when the troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V sacked Rome. The relic fell into their hands for a time, and was allegedly put to the test by bringing a virgin girl before it, whereupon the foreskin expanded!
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I really really really love this question. I think you may just be right.They definitly have a greek/roman theme going. the god of love, the love carebear, grumpy carebear and the gods of war
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I think it was in either Romans or 1Corinthians uder the heading Orderly Worship but im not sure