It’s always fun to see these takes, which really aren’t wrong (I’ve myself pointed out how terrible Sparta was), based solely on the helmet.
Especially when you know the name of the helmet. @journalismerrrhttps://twitter.com/BretDevereaux/status/1349500689295224840 …
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Has a lot to do with when you ask. 7th century? More Corinthian and Illyrian types. 4th century? Corinthian is practically a dead type outside of S. Italy, with pilos/konos, Boeotian and Phrygian much more common.
There is a general trend in Greek armor/helmets towards lighter and less metal-intensive armor-types over time, with the heaviest kit being in the early archaic (c. 7th cent). As you go on, fewer greaves, ankle and belly protectors drop away...
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...bronze breastplates increasingly replaced by the textile linothorax. Same thing with helmets - lighter types become more prominent as you get later historically.
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This has traditionally been associated with a shift away from the 'pure' phalanx of the Archaic to battlefields that mixed hoplites and light infantry in the Classical, but that thesis is now heavily disputed by the 'Myths and Realities' crew who argue the phalanx wasn't that old
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