[PDF.11dq] The Pilum: The Roman Heavy Javelin (Weapon)

The Pilum: The Roman Heavy Javelin (Weapon)

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 | #123982 in Books |  OSPREY |  2017-05-23 |  2017-05-23 | Original language:English |  9.84 x6.48 x7.29l,.0 | File type: PDF | 80 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A fairly familiar weapon about which little specific information was available. Until now.|By octagon|Swords, guns, bows and even exotic pole-arms have been prominently featured in books and other audio-visual depictions of weaponry. But the lowly "spear" has gotten very little air time. This fine book analyzes the history, development and use of a truly hi-tech javelin desig|About the Author||Writer, publisher and archaeologist M.C. Bishop is an authority of all aspects of Ancient Rome at war, with particular emphasis on arms and armor of the era. He has written, co-written, or edited dozens of books and articles on the subje

A heavy javelin, normally used as a shock weapon immediately before contact, the pilum was designed with a particular specialty: it could penetrate a shield and carry on into the individual behind it. Relying on mass rather than velocity, at short range a volley of pila had much the same effect on a charging enemy as musketry would in later periods. The design was not uniform, with a wide diversity of types throughout the developmental history of the we...

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