@PugJesusM to Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 1 month agoLate Roman legionary re-enactor with plumbata, lead-weighted darts that replaced the javelinimagemessage-square19arrow-up1121arrow-down10
arrow-up1121arrow-down1imageLate Roman legionary re-enactor with plumbata, lead-weighted darts that replaced the javelin@PugJesusM to Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square19
minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish6•1 month agoQuestions like that are often hotly debated in experimental archeology! My thinking is high, in a parabola, as they were meant as harassing weapons, but as far as I know there’s no consensus.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoI mean, they are versatile, so they probably had different tactics that suited various engagements.
Questions like that are often hotly debated in experimental archeology! My thinking is high, in a parabola, as they were meant as harassing weapons, but as far as I know there’s no consensus.
I mean, they are versatile, so they probably had different tactics that suited various engagements.