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How hoplites carried their spears
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04-10-2008, 08:08 PM
Paul,the evidence exists indeed for a less than two cm diemeter. Both the spear points are very narrow,but as I mentioned,the surviving shafts are in some cases very thin. But this I can tell only for the shaft near the tip. In the saurotes the shafts i've seen are considerably wider.
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How hoplites carried their spears - by Cipher - 04-06-2008, 06:51 AM
Re: How hoplites carried their spears - by Cipher - 04-06-2008, 11:59 PM
Hoplite Carriage of spears - by Paullus Scipio - 04-10-2008, 01:20 AM
Hoplite Spears - by Paullus Scipio - 04-10-2008, 02:29 AM
Re: How hoplites carried their spears - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 04-10-2008, 08:08 PM
Hoplite spears - by Paullus Scipio - 04-10-2008, 08:25 PM
Hoplite Spears - by Paullus Scipio - 04-13-2008, 01:58 AM
Hoplite Spears - by Paullus Scipio - 04-14-2008, 01:35 AM

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