||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 desi|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 subj
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 w...
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Pilum: The Roman Heavy Javelin (Weapon) | M.C. Bishop. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
