06-17-2010, 03:33 PM
Quote: Huzaah! I finally found what it's called! It's a Celtic Hand Lance! (Whether that's the official name or not I don't know)
I think not, because 'Celtic hand lance' is an English description, not a Celtic one. :wink:
Besides, what can lances be besides 'hand' weapons?
Quote:Apparently it was used by the Celts before Roman domination in order to pierce mail and plate armour and was designed to be used by hand from horseback against dismounted armoured legionaries. Sadly though, it seems to have died out by 100BC, in Europe anyways.Well, that figures, because 100BC was two generations before Julius Caesar conquered Gaul, three generations before the Romans introduces the segmentata (which makes you wonder what those Celts designed it for) and two more generations before the Romans conquered Britain.
All in all I have some doubt as to the veracity of this information.... :wink:
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)