As Mike Tyson once said, with distinctive simplicity, “everyone has a plan until they are punched in the mouth.” Returning to the time of the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire, all Roman enemies must have had a plan by now. Pilla I punched their shields. A kind of javelin with a wooden shaft and a sharp iron shank, Pilum It was both length and short. short Pilla It had a advantage of distance, but it’s long Pilla It has the advantage of power and the convenient feature that allows the shank to bend more easily after impact, whether initially implemented intentionally or accidentally, and removing it from the permeated shield was not practical.
This is difficult to handle by one or more of his shields Pillatherefore, the advance combatant will be forced to throw it away completely – suppose he is still in a state to do so. So that you can see that it is clearly demonstrated Smithsonian channel video abovea Pilum Landing in the center of the shield allows you to easily distort anyone standing behind it.
History says that Roman soldiers were also trained to throw. Pilla Enemy shields overlap and tie them together to make twice the defense useless. After the victory, Pilla We were able to gather from the battlefield for renovations. This is an example of semi-industrial production supported by Roman military power.
Like all weapons – certainly like all technology – Pilum It was in its prime. Polybius’ history I believe it as an important factor in the Roman victory at the Battle of Terramon in 225 BC. However, by the Gregorian calendar of the 3rd century, it had been phased out and became an outdated anti-transport weapon in the face of the evolving equipment and tactics of the Germanic and Persian cavalry. Nevertheless, similar Javelin-like tools of war evolved into other forms, longer than the Roman Empire itself, and even continued in the early days of gunpowder. Now, when most of us face the threat of unfair threat Pilla Or their successors, we can understand the skills needed to throw them – as Philip Ross explained in his final novel, Tyson’s eloquence in the realm of sports.
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Based in Seoul Colin marshall Write and broadcasting stationTS about cities, languages, and culture. His projects include the Substack Newsletter Books about cities And the book The Stateless City: Walking through 21st century Los Angeles. Follow him on social networks previously known as Twitter @colinmarshall.
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