Anyone have pictures of the Hasta? (Long Spear.)

[Matthew Amt]

Ave!<br>
Yup, the photo of the head is on our Auxiliaries page,<br>
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www.larp.com/legioxx/auxilia.html<br>
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It's also on the Photos page. You can see more on the various sites of auxiliary groups, particularly:<br>
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homepage.ntlworld.com/mar...r/crs1.htm<br>
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Spears probably ran longer than 6 feet, about 7 to 8. And "lancea" seems to have been a more common term in the Imperial period than hasta, but there was a lot of mixing of terminology and it's generally impossible to say exactly what type of weapon a particular head came from. It's a spear! General usage today has lancea as a dual-purpose weapon, for throwing or thrusting, while hasta tends to be used more for thrusting spear. But it quickly degenerates into hair-splitting!<br>
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Vale,<br>
Matthew/Quintus, Legio XX <p></p><i></i>