10-29-2007, 09:29 PM
Robert said:-
The veles was a javelin, something like a'mini-pilum'. It had a socketed head some 250-260 mm long with a small leaf -shaped point, this was fastened to a wooden shaft, and the whole was around 1200 mm long. The diameter of the shaft was around 24mm, or 'thumb-sized'.
Some heads were found at Numantia.
Quote:By the way, any info on the size of velites spearheads and shaftsize and length?? Were they around in 160 ad?....velites disappeared from the Roman Army some time around the end of the second century B.C, having been in existence less than 150 years.
The veles was a javelin, something like a'mini-pilum'. It had a socketed head some 250-260 mm long with a small leaf -shaped point, this was fastened to a wooden shaft, and the whole was around 1200 mm long. The diameter of the shaft was around 24mm, or 'thumb-sized'.
Some heads were found at Numantia.
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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