02-28-2008, 12:45 AM
Robert,
Do you know where the late roman spears were balanced to be held? Assuming the dory and the later spear had similar weighted points, which I do not know, the sauroter would shift the balance point back quite a bit. I've heard a number of times that they may have tapered as well, but I'm not sure what that is based on.
Here's a vase image of a spear showing the grip well towards the base and the spear also looks tapered. The artist seems to have used foreshortening to add depth, so the taper may be an illusion, but I think the grip position relative to his height is less affected by the optical trick.
Do you know where the late roman spears were balanced to be held? Assuming the dory and the later spear had similar weighted points, which I do not know, the sauroter would shift the balance point back quite a bit. I've heard a number of times that they may have tapered as well, but I'm not sure what that is based on.
Here's a vase image of a spear showing the grip well towards the base and the spear also looks tapered. The artist seems to have used foreshortening to add depth, so the taper may be an illusion, but I think the grip position relative to his height is less affected by the optical trick.
Paul M. Bardunias
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