04-08-2009, 01:25 PM
Quote:but I still don't see attaching 6 or holding 6 as feasableAnd yet, they did it, somehow.
First step is to make that many javelins. There must be a RomanLogical way of doing it, as the historians seem to agree that the velite/light infantry carried that many. I'll bet a well tuned parma strap is integral to this business. More on the progress when I have more to share.
And I don't think the velite would be in hand-to-hand while still carrying his javelins. That might come later, after all were thrown, so being able to manage a shield against a forceful stroke would not be needful. They were skirmishers, not front line troops.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.