06-10-2011, 01:02 AM
Quote:Iacula, tela and missilia are all just words for projectiles, aren't they? If these would mean 'plumbata', than Crispvs' story confirms this might be possible!If only we could construct a link from plumbatae (and we have found many from these parts!) and the generic words used by authors of those times...
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
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)
