01-12-2007, 09:01 PM
I don't know if it's the same thing, but I've come across the plumbata as a torture instrument, too, not referring to the weapon but to the 'cat'?
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)