05-14-2014, 09:29 AM
Quote:It's a bit shorter than the length given by Vegetius for the head of the spiculum (22.14 cm.) but longer than that he gives for the verutum (12.3 cm.).I would not compare it to the Roman weapons described by Vegetius. Neither is barbed - one is described as having a triangular point, the other as a 'modern' version of the pilum (which makes me this of the 'angon' with a long metal shank). I was thinking more of Germanic javelins?
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)