07-11-2013, 01:32 PM
From our experiments, around 10 meters for a "flavian" pilum. You must had the difficulty of your armour, heavy and confining your movements.
A shorter trajectory had the advantage to be more difficult to avoid for the ennemy also.
Could the lighter pila be in a scabbard?
A shorter trajectory had the advantage to be more difficult to avoid for the ennemy also.
Could the lighter pila be in a scabbard?