12-13-2006, 05:06 PM
I suspect the pumbata had the lead weight not just to provide punch but to give it a downward facing orientation as it fell. Could the same applied to the weighted pila?
>|P. Dominus Antonius|<
Leg XX VV
Tony Dah m
Oderint dum metuant - Cicero
Si vis pacem, para bellum - Vegetius
Leg XX VV
Tony Dah m
Oderint dum metuant - Cicero
Si vis pacem, para bellum - Vegetius