Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Lower end
The pointed part of a sword.
From Encyclopedia
- Gambeson
- Quilted and embellished coat-armor.
- Ricasso
- The dull part of a blade right above the hilt. Made for fingering. Not all swords have it.
- Hasta
- The hasta was the Roman trusting spear. It was carried by the units called triarii in Republic times. Marius military reforms made the pilum the…
- Onager
- Roman Ballista, so named after a wild ass because of the way it kicked back upon firing. It was most common in the armies in the mid 4th century…
