The Pilum: The Roman Heavy Javelin by M. C. Bishop

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The Pilum: The Roman Heavy Javelin

M. C. Bishop with Peter Dennis (Illustrator)

80 pages paperback

1 edition

nonfiction history
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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...

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