01-13-2005, 08:11 AM
Saluete.<br>
yes, his name was "fustibalus", (from the greek "throw-staff") a sort of powered sling (longer the arm = higher the release speed), used during the Late Empire, as mentioned by Vegetius.<br>
Valete omnes. <p>---------<br>
Fecisti patriam diversis gentibus unam;<br>
profuit iniustis te dominante capi;<br>
dumque offers victis proprii consortia iuris,<br>
Urbem fecisti, quod prius orbis erat.<br>
(Rutilius Namatianus - De Reditu Suo, I, 63-66) </p><i></i>
yes, his name was "fustibalus", (from the greek "throw-staff") a sort of powered sling (longer the arm = higher the release speed), used during the Late Empire, as mentioned by Vegetius.<br>
Valete omnes. <p>---------<br>
Fecisti patriam diversis gentibus unam;<br>
profuit iniustis te dominante capi;<br>
dumque offers victis proprii consortia iuris,<br>
Urbem fecisti, quod prius orbis erat.<br>
(Rutilius Namatianus - De Reditu Suo, I, 63-66) </p><i></i>
Flavius
aka Giuseppe Cascarino
Decima Legio
Roma, Italy
aka Giuseppe Cascarino
Decima Legio
Roma, Italy
