The Archaeology Thread

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

-and those dice were religious artifacts, just saying.

Another fun fact, the romans notched their javelins at the angle at which they would whistle through the air not because there was a practical benefit to javelin flight in this arrangement, or that they believed javelins could be better thrown if they did so...., but because they knew it produced an overwhelming fear which caused the enemy to make mistakes.

The original whistling death.

Also, contrary to popular belief, the javelins were NOT deliberately designed to bend on impact, so the barbarians couldn't throw them back. Although, there is some evidence that Marius (he of the 'mules') had the pilum redesigned so that the entire head of the thing would break from the shaft on impact.

Boru