12-14-2016, 02:20 PM
(12-14-2016, 01:32 PM)Robert Vermaat Wrote: on the grounds of a very small socket which would not fit a spearshaft, that this might indicate it's a plumbata?
That seems a pretty good bet. Are the known plumbata you've identified all more or less the same size, or is there considerable variety? How big is the smallest known definite javelin head? If there's an obvious size difference, then you'd be on safe ground identifying the smaller ones as weight-less plumbatae, I'd say!
Nathan Ross