01-12-2015, 03:35 PM
It has crossed my mind also, but does the diameter of 1 cm fit with the width of the pilum shaft?
" Finally, upon being asked by Tiberius why his people had taken it into their heads to revolt and to war against the Romans so long, he replied: "You Romans are to blame for this; for you send as guardians of your flocks, not dogs or shepherds, but wolves." - Cassius Dio, LVI, 16, 3