02-01-2009, 04:50 PM
Quote:It looks as if there are 2 versions of weapon there, the 'plumbata ettribolata' looks as if it is the weighted version, albeit in a stylized form. :?:And since an 'un-weighted' plumbata does not make much sense it would imho be more logical to asssume that the original drawing showed a (classical) weighted plumbata and an 'innovated' one with a caltrop added.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)