01-26-2014, 01:18 AM
Pretty much. The shanks of all the spike tanged single rivet pila I am aware of were, like other Republican period examples, not as long as those of the first and second centuries AD. The length of shank on the pilum shown in the first post is definitely early Imperial period rather than Republican, meaning that the single rivet is a definite 'retro'- feature. As far as I am aware, spike tanged pile of the early imperial period do not feature rivets.
However, given that Matt Lukes made it, I would not dismiss it out of hand. Matt pays considerable attention to accuracy and detail and I know he has a copy of Connolly's paper. Connolly published it about ten years ago though so there may have been new discoveries since then that Matt has obtained information on. A number of pila have come to light in the Balkans over the past few years and it may be that one of them featured a rivet.
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However, given that Matt Lukes made it, I would not dismiss it out of hand. Matt pays considerable attention to accuracy and detail and I know he has a copy of Connolly's paper. Connolly published it about ten years ago though so there may have been new discoveries since then that Matt has obtained information on. A number of pila have come to light in the Balkans over the past few years and it may be that one of them featured a rivet.
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