(June 11, 2021 at 5:07 am)The Valkyrie Wrote:(June 11, 2021 at 5:03 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Also, contrary to popular belief, the javelins were NOT deliberately designed to bend on impact, so the barbarians couldn't throw them back.
Boru
And those that hit were not easily removed.
Cunning bastards, the Romans.
That's how the error started - having to jerk and twist the thing to pull it out of a dead German is what caused the bending.
Boru
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