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04-28-2005, 12:50 PM
Greetings,

How long should the wooden shaft of a pilum be? The sizes that I've heard about are: 4 to 5 feet long (120cm - 150cm). Is this correct? On what is this length based? Are there any surviving wooden pilum shafts?

Thanks in advance,
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pilum shafts - by Marcus Mummius - 04-28-2005, 12:50 PM
Re: pilum shafts - by Magnus - 04-28-2005, 06:14 PM

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