Spiculum
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title:
Spiculum
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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 po
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Ancient Roman weapon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiculum
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2024-04-17T22:46:58Z
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