11-22-2006, 02:02 PM
Some people belive the "menavlatoi" were pilum/sword infantry like the old legionaries and that "meavlion" was a heavy javelin like the "veruta".
The "apelatikion" was a "chain/spiked ball" weapon.
The image that Steve Lewe has shows it on a long staff like the staff of the Hussite flail but sorter versions might have been more probable
Russians though belive it was just a spiked mace and they have some specimens in the Kremlin Armory but I belive it was confused with the other byzantine weapon.
The white colour was ascociated with imperial service or proximity to the emperors. That is why I said the image might give an idea of an akolouthos or even a spatharios.
The last image in this page (Credit goes to Steve Lowe)
"Betrayal of Christ, late 11th century, Cathedral of San Marco, Venice"
http://www.geocities.com/egfroth1/Wacky ... 6424880530
The man in the left holds the apelatikio.
Kind regards
The "apelatikion" was a "chain/spiked ball" weapon.
The image that Steve Lewe has shows it on a long staff like the staff of the Hussite flail but sorter versions might have been more probable
Russians though belive it was just a spiked mace and they have some specimens in the Kremlin Armory but I belive it was confused with the other byzantine weapon.
The white colour was ascociated with imperial service or proximity to the emperors. That is why I said the image might give an idea of an akolouthos or even a spatharios.
The last image in this page (Credit goes to Steve Lowe)
"Betrayal of Christ, late 11th century, Cathedral of San Marco, Venice"
http://www.geocities.com/egfroth1/Wacky ... 6424880530
The man in the left holds the apelatikio.
Kind regards
HOPLITE14GR (aka Stefanos)
Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
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http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com
Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com