Spiculum
A spiculum is a late Roman spear that replaced the pilum as the infantryman's main throwing javelin around 250 AD. Scholars suppose that it could have resulted from the gradual combination of the pilum and two German spears, the angon and the bebra. As more and more Germans joined the Roman army, their culture and traditions became a driving force for change. The spiculum was better than the old pilum when used as a thrusting spear, but still maintained some of the former weapon's penetrative power when thrown.
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Spiculum
A spiculum is a late Roman spear that replaced the pilum as the infantryman's main throwing javelin around 250 AD. Scholars suppose that it could have resulted from the gradual combination of the pilum and two German spears, the angon and the bebra. As more and more Germans joined the Roman army, their culture and traditions became a driving force for change. The spiculum was better than the old pilum when used as a thrusting spear, but still maintained some of the former weapon's penetrative power when thrown.
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A spiculum is a late Roman spe ...... n army some time after 400 AD.
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Das Spiculum (Plural Spicula) ...... utet wörtlich „kleine Spitze“.
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El spiculum era una lanza util ...... nto posterior al año 400 d. C.
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Le spiculum est une lance roma ...... e de pilum (Veg. Mil. II, 15).
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A spiculum is a late Roman spe ...... penetrative power when thrown.
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Das Spiculum (Plural Spicula) ...... utet wörtlich „kleine Spitze“.
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El spiculum era una lanza util ...... o romano y en su equipamiento.
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Le spiculum est une lance roma ...... mées romaines depuis le début.
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Spiculum (Waffe)
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Spiculum
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Spiculum
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Spiculum
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