Weapons [Arms]
From Encyclopedia
- Aketon
- Quilted piece of clothing worn under armor, made to devour strokes.
- Buckler
- Small and round hand- shield (9 – 18 inches in diameter) with a single handle or two enarmes. Has long spikes or hooks on its front,…
- Hand-and-a-half sword
- See bastard sword.
- 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…
