03-06-2008, 12:24 PM
Quote:Interpretations of Byzantine arms and tacticsThanks Stephanos.
I can't read the text, but that's what I have in mind for the so-called Ãnfantry kontos.
We see such longer thrusting spears depicted and described from Classical Greece throughout the Roman period into Byzantine times. So I think we can rightly assume that such weapons belonged to the vast array of Roman weaponry. The names vary from the generic 'dory' and 'hasta' to 'kontos' and 'contus', which are also used throughout the same period.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)