05-01-2008, 04:31 PM
Quote:The hasta use like hoplite or under the shoulder is just one of a lot experience to show the inaccurency to the thrusting Hasta
What of the gladiatorial combat between hoplomachos, armed with a hasta and small domed buckler and other gladiator types with sword and scutum? I'm thinking of that gladiator mosaic from North Africa showing the spear-armed man the victor and the large cruved scutum of the loser on the ground.
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
