03-12-2008, 08:56 PM
Quote:Caturix:1hmxcx7v Wrote:Hey that's cool, I didn't know about their "javelins" being of the all iron type, I thought the all iron spears where a tipical Iberian thing.
Have you seen such a Gaesum? Do you know if they look the same as the Iberian all-iron javelins??
Julius Pollux, in the "Onomasticon" (Vocabularium) (cfr. VII, 156) says that "Soliferreum" and "Gaesum" are the same thing.
Dont'know if the weapon is of celtic or iberian origin...
find gaesum images at: http://www.fianna-ap-palug.com/index.ph ... &Itemid=26