11-14-2006, 06:25 PM
Quote:I will probably agree with Robert on the plumbatae.Thanks to the both of you.
Kolias' mistake is based on his translation - he sees the 6th c. Martzobarboulon as a single weapon carried in a quiver. His reconstructions shows a weapon without a point, but with spiked ona a mace-like head. That's never a plumbata nor a Martzobarboulon. Kolias mistook the invention from De Rebus Bellicis of a plumbata with spikes on the lead weight for real (not one was ever found) and used his imagination about maces. the result was a very odd thing with no base in reality. A pity, because I understand his book is very well-received otherwise.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)