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Plumbatae or
martiobarbuli were lead-weighted
darts carried by
infantrymen in
Antiquity and the
Middle Ages. The
first examples seem to have been carried...
- are not used with a bow.
Darts have been used
since pre-history. The
plumbatae were lead-weighted
darts thrown by
infantrymen in
Antiquity and the Middle...
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forward of the
center of balance,
giving the
weapon its name. Even so,
plumbatae were much
lighter than pila, and
would not have had the
armour penetration...
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infantrymen often carried a half-dozen lead-weighted throwing-darts
called plumbatae (from plumbum,
meaning "lead"), with an
effective range of c. 30 m, well...
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often a
dagger (pugio), and perhaps, in the
later empire period,
darts (
plumbatae). Conventionally,
soldiers threw pila to
disable the enemy's
shields and...
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infantrymen often carried half a
dozen lead-weighted throwing-darts
called plumbatae (from
plumbum = "lead"), with an
effective range of c. 30 m (98 ft), well...
-
infantrymen often carried half a
dozen lead-weighted throwing-darts
called plumbatae (from
plumbum = "lead"), with an
effective range of c. 30 m (98 ft), well...
- throwing-spear or two or
three short javelins (lanceae) and half a
dozen plumbatae (weighted darts) with an
effective range of
about 30m. Ammi**** talks...
